Find poetry readings, workshops, festivals, conferences, literary organizations, and poetry-friendly bookstores, and learn more about poets laureate, in your area.
State Poet Laureate
The poet laureate position was established on July 15, 1957, and is currently held by Gailmarie Pahmeier, who will serve through August 2023. Pahmeier is the author of several books and chapbooks, including The Rural Lives of Nice Girls (Black Rock Press, 2014).
City and County Poets Laureate
Clark County
In 2022, Angela Brommel was appointed poet laureate of Clark County, Nevada.
Las Vegas
In 2021, Kayt Peck was appointed the inaugural poet laureate of Las Vegas.
| Type | Title | State |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Organization | Nevada Humanities | Nevada |
| Festival | Vegas Valley Book Festival | Nevada |
| Literary Magazine | Interim | Nevada |
| Literary Magazine | Red Rock Review | Nevada |
| Small Press | University of Nevada Press | Nevada |
| Literary Magazine | The Brushfire | Nevada |
| Literary Magazine | Sierra Nevada Review | Nevada |
| Literary Magazine | Rainbow Curve | Nevada |
| Literary Magazine | Witness Magazine | Nevada |
| Writing Program | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Nevada |
Born in the Bronx on June 12, 1954, Donald Revell is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including My Mojave.
Kirk Robertson is the author of How the Light Gets In (Black Rock Press, 2014); Just Past Labor Day: Selected & New Poems, 1969–1995 (University of Nevada Press, 1996); Music: A Suite & 13 Songs (Floating Island Press, 1995); and Driving to Vegas: New & Selected Poems (Sun/Gemini Press, 1989). He lives in Fallon, Nevada.
Claudia Keelan is the author of eight collections of poetry: We Step into the Sea: New and Selected Poems (Barrow Street, 2018), O, Heart (Barrow Street, 2014), Missing Her (New Issues Press, 2009), The Devotion Field (Alice James Books, 2004), Of & Among There Was a Locus(t) (Ashata Press, 2003), Utopic (Alice James Books, 2000), The Secularist (University of Georgia Press, 1997), and Refinery (Cleveland State University Press, 1994).