Poetry by the Sea Schedule 2026

Tuesday, May 19
Wednesday, May 20
Thursday, May 21
Friday, May 22

Printable Schedule coming soon!

Book Room (Solarium) Hours
Tuesday: 10:30 am–12:00 noon, 1:00 pm–5:15 pm
Wednesday: 9:00 am–11:45 am, 1:00 pm–4:45 pm
Thursday: 9:00 am–11:45 am, 1:15 pm–4:45 pm
Friday: 10:00 am–1:00 pm

Tuesday, May 19

10:30 a.m. Check-in

12:00-12:45 Lunch, [Dining Hall]

1:15-2:30

  • Panel 1: Poetry as Service [Founders], Sandra Yannone, Chair
  • Panel 2: Participant Readings [Mitchell]

2:45-4:00

  • Panel 3: Editing & Publishing: Taking a Book from Concept to Shelf [Mitchell], David Groff, Chair, Kai Coggin
  • Panel 4: Tribute to X. J. Kennedy [Founders], Melissa Balmain, Chair

4:15-5:30

  • Panel 5: A Celebration of Cave Canem [Founders], Allison Joseph, Chair

4:15-5:45 ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Dustin Brookshire | Let Me Say This: Building an Anthology—A Generative Workshop [Stonycroft]

5:45-6:30 Reception [Seaside]

6:30-7:30 Dinner [Dining Hall]

7:45-9:15 Faculty Reading [Dempsey]:

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Wednesday, May 20

8:00-10:00 Coffee

9:00-10:15

  • Panel 6: Participant Readings [Mitchell] Featuring Kai Coggin (Jon Tribble Editors Fellow)

9:00-10:30 ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Nicole Caruso Garcia | Own the Room: Performance Skills for the Generous Reader [Stonycroft]

10:30-11:45

  • Panel 7: Spotlight Readings [Dempsey]: Antoinette Brim-Bell, Joan Kwon Glass |

12:00-12:45 Lunch

1:00-3:00 TWO- & Three-Day Workshops and Seminars: GROFF [Stonycroft], KATZ [Mitchell], MEHIGAN [LIBRARY].

3:15-4:30

  • Panel 8: In Conversation with Jennifer Michael Hecht [Dempsey]

4:45-6:00

  • Panel 9: New Books 1 [Founders]
  • Panel 10: 250 Years of Poetic Form in America [Mitchell], Matt Miller, Chair

5:45-6:30 Reception [Seaside]

6:30-8:00 Keynote Banquet [Dining Hall]

  • Presentation to Contest Award Winners

8:15-9:45 Keynote Address and Reading: Cornelius Eady [Dempsey] Introduced by Allison Joseph

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Thursday, May 21

8:00-10:00 Coffee

9:00-10:15

  • Panel 11: Participant Readings [Founders]

9:00-10:30 ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Clare Rossini | Rethinking Your Writing Process: Writing Visceral Poetry [STONYCROFT]

10:30-11:45 Panel 12: Poetry by the Sea Lecture [Dempsey] Jennifer Michael Hecht

12:00-12:45 Lunch [Dining Hall]

1:00-3:00 TWO- & Three-Day Workshops and Seminars: ABUSHANAB [seascape lounge], BALMAIN [SEASIDE], GROFF [stonycroft], KATZ [mitchell], MEHIGAN [LIBRARY] , JOSEPH [SOUNDVIEW].

3:15-4:15

  • Panel 13: In Conversation with Cornelius Eady [Dempsey]

4:30-5:45

  • Panel 14: New Books 2 [Founders]
  • Panel 15: The Word: Etymology, Translation and Enchantment [Mitchell] Rick Mullin, Chair

5:45-6:30 Reception [Seaside]

6:30-7:30 Dinner [Dining Hall]

7:45-9:15 Faculty Reading [Dempsey]:

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Friday, May 22

8:00-10:00 Coffee

9:00-10:15

  • Panel 16: Participant Reading [Founders] Featuring PbtS Board and Committee Members (Patricia Behrens, Linda Stern, Sandra Yannone) and Scholarship Recipients

9:00-10:30 ONE-DAY WORKSHOP | Matt Miller | Haunting & the Haunted: Finding & Honing the Poetry of Place | [Stonycroft]

10:45- 12:00

  • Panel 17: Denise Levertov and the Music of Risk [Mitchell], David M. Katz, Chair
  • Panel 18: Turning Anger into Poetry [Founders] Chad Abushanab, Chair

12:00-1:00 Lunch [Dining Hall]

1:00-3:00 Two- and Three-Day Workshops and Seminars: ABUSHANAB [seascape lounge], BALMAIN [SEASIDE], Joseph [soundview], MEHIGAN [LIBRARY].

Good-bye until next year!
Adiós hasta el próximo año!
Au revoir jusqu’à l’année prochaine!
Auf Wiedersehen bis zum nächsten Jahr!
Arrivederci al prossimo anno!
Vaarwel tot volgend jaar!

Tuesday, May 19
Wednesday, May 20
Thursday, May 21
Friday, May 22

All panels are subject to change