A letter to the poetry community from Maria Gillan as she retires from The Poetry Center.
Poetry Workshops
There are workshops led by our Distinguished Poets prior to their in-person or virtual readings.
Please visit our YouTube channel with videos of readings and events covering decades of history from the Poetry Center.
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.
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.