• Joaquin Miller Poetry Series: Teri Ellen Cross Davis & Richard Levine

    Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC

    The Word Works in Collaboration with Rock Creek Park features poetry with featured readers Teri Ellen Cross Davis & Richard Levine. Sign up at 2:45 pm for our open poetry […]

    Free
  • Joaquin Miller Poetry Series: Jason Gebhardt & Amie Whittemore.

    Rock Creek Nature Center Auditorium 5200 Glover Park Road, NW, Washington, DC

    The Word Works in Collaboration with Rock Creek Park features poetry with featured readers Jason Gebhardt & Amie Whittemore. Sign up at 2:45 pm for our open poetry mic (one […]

    Free
  • Cafe Muse: ALT Translators Carlson & Kercheval

    Friendship Heights Village Center 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, United States

    The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the ALT translators Nancy Naomi Carlson and Jesse Lee Kercheval. Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar […]

    Free
  • Cafe Muse: Cheryl Clarke & Carol Jennings

    Friendship Heights Village Center 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, United States

    The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Cheryl Clarke and Carol Jennings. Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings […]

    Free
  • Cafe Muse: David Baker & Stanley Plumly

    Friendship Heights Village Center 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, United States

    The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets David Baker and Stanley Plumly. Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings […]

    Free
  • Cafe Muse: Barbara Duffey & Joelle Biele

    Friendship Heights Village Center 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, United States

    The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings by the poets Barbara Duffey and Joelle Biele. Café Muse opens at 7 pm with refreshments and classical guitar by Michael Davis; readings […]

    Free
  • Cafe Muse: Veils, Halos & Shackles: inc Linda Pastan

    Friendship Heights Village Center 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, United States

    The Word Works, in collaboration with Friendship Heights Village, features readings from Veils, Halos and Shackles: International Poetry on the Abuse and Oppression of Women with poets Ned Balbo, Roberta Beary, Linda Pastan, Jane […]

  • Washington Prize Submission Deadline

    Submit your poetry manuscripts through our online submission manager or postmark your paper submission by midnight of our due date. See our website for submission details. Visit our AWP booth 866 for […]

    $25
  • AWP Book Fair—Booth 866

    Washington Convention Center 801 Mt. Vernon Place, Washington, DC, United States

    The Word Works invites AWP conference-goers to visit booth 866 to see our new titles and chat about publication options and our ongoing events in Washington, DC. Come and meet Word Works […]

  • Word Works Wall of Books 2017 New Authors Reading

    Walls of Books 3325 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, United States

    At AWP 2017, The Word Works is launching 10 books and sponsoring two off-campus readings. On Wednesday February 8, Walls of Books is the first off-campus AWP reading and will […]

    Free