Moonstone Presents:

  • World Press Freedom Day

    Virtual

    Sunday May 4, 2025 – VIRTUAL – World Press Freedom Day The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day, observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to […]

  • Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series

    Tuesday May 6, 2025 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast On the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 – Philly Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series David Kertis, author of Word of the Day. was born in 1955 and grew up in northern New Jersey. He attended Oberlin College where he studied […]

  • Live Poetry: Grace Bauer, Majorie Maddox, Amy Small-McKinney

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Wednesday May 7, 2025 — 7:00 pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Grace Bauer is a Philadelphia-based poet who has published six books of poems—most recently Unholy Heart: New and Selected Poems (Backwaters Press). Marjorie Maddox is a Professor of English at Lock Haven University as well as an author who […]

  • 2024 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners

    Sunday May 11, 2025 – 2:00 pm – VIRTUAL On Zoom – 2024 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VJprZxhkRxGtL6tgxl7bkA First Prize – Partridge Boswell, author of Heckler, poems appear in Poetry, American Poetry Review and Poetry Ireland Review. Co-founder of Bookstock Literary Festival, he troubadours widely with the poetry/music group Los Lorcas Honorable Mentions Shaina Clingempeel, author of in […]

  • Live Poetry: Sarah Browning, W.D. Ehrhart, Jack Miller

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Sarah Browning is the author of Call Me Yes, Killing Summer, and others, co-host of Wild Indigo Poetry, and teaches online with Writers in Progress. W. D. Ehrhart’s most recent books are Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems; What We Can and Can’t Afford: Essays on Vietnam, Patriotism, and American Life, and At Smedley […]

  • New Voices: Live at Parkway Central Library

    Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine St

    New Voices: Spring 2025 A series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. A bi-annual publication which strives to bring together younger poets from various communities. Join us as contributors read their poems Thursday May 15th, 2025 – If you live near Philadelphia please join us live LIVE at 5:30 EDT – […]

  • New Voices: Virtual Reading on Zoom

    New Voices: Spring 2025 A series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. A bi-annual publication which strives to bring together younger poets from various communities. Join us as contributors read their poems Saturday May 17th, 2025 – No matter where you live, please join us virtually VIRTUAL at 2pm EDT on […]

  • 29th Annual Poetry Ink: LIVE at the Rotunda

    The Rotunda 14014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    29th Annual Poetry Ink We want everyone: published poets, unpublished poets, academic poets, street poets, poets who write Sonnet, Villanelle, Haiku, Ekphrastic Poems, Concrete Poems, Epitaph, Elegy, Epigram, Limerick, Ballad, Ode, Free Verse. Join us for our 29th year of presenting 71 poets reading in alphabetical order Sunday May 18, 2025 – If you live […]

  • 29th Annual Poetry Ink: Virtual Reading

    29th Annual Poetry Ink We want everyone: published poets, unpublished poets, academic poets, street poets, poets who write Sonnet, Villanelle, Haiku, Ekphrastic Poems, Concrete Poems, Epitaph, Elegy, Epigram, Limerick, Ballad, Ode, Free Verse. Join us for our 29th year of presenting 71 poets reading in alphabetical order Monday May 19, 2025 – No matter where […]