A letter to the poetry community from Maria Gillan as she retires from The Poetry Center. (shown) Maria Gillan and the new Director of the Poetry Center, Dr. Christine Redman-Waldeyer.
Poetry Workshops
There are workshops led by our Distinguished Poets prior to their in-person or virtual readings.
Distinguished Poets Reading Series
Check for our upcoming readings which are currently both virtual and in-person and are free and open to all. Readings are archived on our YouTube channel. (shown Mark Doty and Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
Contests and Awards
The Poetry Center sponsors the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards for single poems, the Paterson Poetry Award for a poetry book, and the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People.
VIDEO
Visit our extensive collection of videos on out YouTube channel with readings by many poets who have read at the Center.
The Poetry Center at PCCC is funded, in part, by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support provided by the Alin Papazian Poetry Center Memorial Fund, an endowment established by Albert Papazian in memory of his wife, a long-time employee of the Center.