New Mexico Poetry Calendar
New Calendar Coming!
Check back for a brand new Calendar page coming soon. NMSPS is revamping this section and is committed to keeping it up to date and as relevant as possible to our members and the poetry community at large.
In the Meantime…
Heads Up!
- Start writing your poems for the 2027 National Federation of State Poetry Societies Annual Poetry Contests. You can download the brochure describing all 50 contests on their website. Submissions are open from January 1, 2027 through March 15, 2027 through Submittable. As an NMSPS member, you are also an NFSPS member and eligible to submit to all contests.
- Save the Date! The 2027 Poets Picnic has been scheduled for Saturday, May 1. As usual it will be held at the Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center, 6500 Coors Blvd. NW, Albuquerque. More details as they are available.
Upcoming Events
November 15th, ABQ InPrint Reading
Lynn Miller and Lynda Miller, editors, with writers who are in the new anthology. 1 to 2:30 PM, Jules Poetry Playhouse, 11 Homestead Lane, Placitas, NM 87043 https://bosquepress.com/book-series/abq-in-print-magazine/https://www.poetryplayhouse.com/events/abq-inprint-reading
November 15th Chatter Sunday: 10:30 AM at 912 3rd St NW, Albuquerque
Leo Brouwer Dos Canciones
• Daniel Ward La Sangre De La Luna
• Laura Kaminsky (composer) & Andrea Fellows Fineberg (librettist) dis/Enchantment (world premiere)
• Blythe Gaissert mezzo-soprano
• Olga Perez Flora mezzo-soprano
• David Leisner guitar
• Del Sol String Quartet
• Paul Juhasz spoken word
https://www.chatterabq.org/product-category/sunday/
November 17 Kimberly Blaesar, Red Ants
6 PM at the Santa Fe Main Library (Santa Fe). Join Kimberly Blaeser, former Wisconsin Poet Laureate and founding editor of Indigenous Nations Poets, in conversation with author Jamie Figueroa about Blaeser’s new book Red Ants.
November 17 V.B. Price and Baker Morrow
6 PM at Bookworks (Albuquerque). Join V.B. Price and Baker H. Morrow for a reading and discussion to celebrate the release of A Reader’s Guide to New Mexico Literature: Classic to Contemporary.
November 19th, Taos Open Mic at SOMOS
Open Mic hosted by Carrie Nassif. 6:30 to 8:30 pm, at SOMOS Salon and Bookstore, 108 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, 87571. See: http://somostaos.org, or call 575 758 0081
November 19th, Holly Wilson’s Third Thursday Open Mic
The Third Thursday Readings are held in Studio 1 (The Blue Room) at Together Source (formally known as The Source), 1111 Carlisle SE, Albuquerque (corner of Carlisle and Anderson) the third Thursday of each month. Sign-up starts at 6:30 pm and the reading goes from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The reading starts with the featured poet, followed by a short break, when you can talk to the feature and buy their books, and the open mic. Poets in the open mic have five minutes to read their poems or the poems of others. Everyone else is welcome to attend. Light beverages and food are provided. The reading is free, but donations are welcome to help with the rental of the venue and refreshments. Join me in this café-style, supportive venue for sharing poetry. Looking forward to seeing you there! –Holly Wilson. Contact Holly Wilson at hollywilsonpoetry@gmail.com, 505-877-4214.
November 22nd Chatter Sunday
10:30 AM at 912 3rd St NW, Albuquerque.
• Faith Wesley: but where are their tufts?
• W.A. Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546
• Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings
• Corey Kendrick, spoken word
https://www.chatterabq.org/product-category/sunday/
November 29th Chatter Sunday
10:30 AM at 912 3rd St NW, Albuquerque.
• Sergei Rachmaninoff Romance in A Minor
• Sofia Gubaidalina Pantomime
• Sofia Gubaidalina So Be It (So Sei Es)
• David Felberg violin
• Toby Vigneau bass
• Judith Gordon piano
• Sharon Rhutasel-Jones spoken word
https://www.chatterabq.org/product-category/sunday/
December 10th Fixed and Free
To request to be on the Open Mic List write Billy at welbert53@aol.com or text him at his cell phone: 505-401-8139.|Join Zoom Meeting https://unm.zoom.us/j/98943357065 – Meeting ID: 989 4335 7065 Passcode: 212030