At the Dodge Poetry Festival

Submission Guidelines

Do you want to perform on the stages of the 2014 Dodge Poetry Festival? We are happily accepting hard copy submissions of poetry. Our staff reviews every submission we receive. 

Please review our submission guidelines carefully. We do not accept electronic submissions.

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See 2012 Festival Photos

Whether you weren’t able to make it to the 2012 Festival, or you’d just like to remember some highlights from your time there, we’ve collected some photo highlights of October 11th to 14th. Peruse our full Festival Photo Gallery and relive the largest Poetry event in North America. 

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Preserving the Past,
Sustaining the Future

The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Archive project is planned to consist of 2,500 hours of audio and video recordings, which include never-before-seen and once-in-a-lifetime conversations by internationally recognized poets.

The Dodge Blog

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Poetry Friday: Giving Voice Poems June 14th, 2013 Dodge Poetry Staff

Each year at the Common Gathering, the culminating event of our Spring & Fountain program, we provide attendees with the Giving Voice packet, made especially for that year. The packet is full of poems which lend themselves to being read aloud and, basically, we hope that there will be something for everyone to enjoy. And now, we hope that you will enjoy them, too! Snail by Federico Garc&iac...

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Dodge Poet Spotlight: Laura Boss June 7th, 2013 Rebecca Gambale

Welcome to our continuing blog series here on Poetry Fridays, Dodge Poet Spotlight. We are turning the focus over to the individuals who make our programming what it is in the schools, with teachers in Spring & Fountain, and on the ground at the Dodge Poetry Festival — the Dodge Poets. Each week, a Dodge Poet answers some questions about themselves and provides a selected poem of ...

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