About Salisbury Poetry Week:

Founded in 2016 by a collaboration of students, teachers, poets and community organizations, Eastern Shore Voices established Salisbury Poetry Week in an effort to inspire empathy in our youth as well as to celebrate both the written and spoken word in the City of Salisbury, Maryland and surrounding Wicomico County.  This year marks the fourth year of our celebration after having to cancel last year's events due to the pandemic.  The week features educational visits in  Wicomico County Public Schools through our Poets in the Classrooms project, as well workshops on writing for the general public, an Open Mic night, and the annual Eastern Shore Voices Reading featuring local Eastern Shore Poets.

Salisbury Poetry Week 2021 would not have been possible without the generous grants from The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore and MD Humanities, as well as further support from Eastern Shore Writers Association (ESWA), Wicomico County Public Libraries, Maryland Writers Association (MWA),  the City of Salisbury Poet Laureate, Nancy Mitchell, and the City of Salisbury, Maryland.  Programming for the Youth Poet Laureate was provided by Fenix Youth Project as well as an education grant from the Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council (SWAC) awarded by the Maryland States Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Due to the pandemic, all 2021 programming is being brought to you live on Zoom courtesy of the Eastern Shore Writers Association (ESWA).  Thank you ESWA, for your continued support of Salisbury Poetry Week!