Poetry Workshops
Workshops are led by our Distinguished Poets. The Mature Adults series is led by Maria Mazziotti Gillan.
Visit our YouTube channel for videos of readings and events spanning more than three decades from the Poetry Center. Please subscribe to the channel to stay up to date on new posts.
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.