Poetry festivals, readings, workshops, prizes popping up like mushrooms in the region The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry program handed out its national Fischer Prize and statewide Cantor Award this …

Judging for the Fischer Poetry Prize             Winnowing them down is not easy — even to fifty, then forty, thirty — still harder twenty, ten, & finally one. “. . …

please click a poem title to read the poem Fischer Poetry Prize ($1000):   C(h)ord  (audio version here) by Carlos Andrés Gómez of Forest Hills (NY) Carlos Andrés Gómez is a …

During National Poetry Month, the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry program welcomes Denver poet, non-fiction author and naturalist Kathleen Cain to its monthly Poetry Club series in Norwood and Telluride, …

Tori Miner of Fruita will be the featured reader at the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Club meeting Tuesday, Mar. 19, at 6 p.m. at the Telluride Arts Headquarters across …

A gathering of poets from Colorado and New Mexico This four-day celebration of the spoken word includes readings, workshops, open mic opportunities, and lots of time for poets and friends …

Telluride Institute offers Two Literary Prizes: National Fischer Prize and Colorado Cantor Award. The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry program has been hosting events, festivals, readings, workshops and contests for …

The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry program is hosting a pre-Valentine poetry reading specially reserved for love poems. “I’ll bring a trove of love poems by good poets if people …

Five writers who meet once a month at the Ridgway Library will be featured Jan. 22 at the monthly Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry series at the Telluride Arts headquarters …

Get ready. The dynamite husband & wife duo from Nucla – Ruth Duffy and Mike Olschewsky – are coming to town. “These two poets are among my favorite local performers,” …

The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Club is proud to host Wrights Mesa poet Ellen Metrick on Tuesday night, Nov. 13th, starting at 6 p.m. at the Telluride Arts HQ gallery across from the Wilkinson …

Started in 1997, the Fischer Prize began with the Telluride Writers Guild, at the instigation of Art Goodtimes, was sustained for many years by the Telluride Council on the Arts …

The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Club is proud to host Glenwood Springs poet Claudia Putnam on Tuesday night, Oct. 23rd, starting at 6 p.m. at the Telluride Arts HQ …

The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Guest Gourds project is proud to host Denver curandera and poet Eutimia Cruz Montoya Sunday Oct. 7th at 6:30 p.m. at Telluride Arts HQ Gallery as …

The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Club is proud to host Utah poet Trish Hopkinson on Tuesday night, Sept. 18th, starting at 6 p.m. at the Telluride Arts offices across from the Wilkinson Public …

Bay Area poet kicks off 
new Guest Gourds Tour The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds poetry program announces a new Guest Gourds Tour bringing an out-of-state poet to the Western Slope for …

Naturita Creek Duo showcased at Talking Gourds. Newly ensconced in a hillside retreat in Naturita Canyon near Norwood, poet/bookseller Daiva Chesonis and author/explorer Craig Childs will headline at the Tuesday …

San Miguel County Poet Laureate Elissa Dickson will perform in January again this year as part of the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Club series. “Her performance last year was …

Alya Howe of Carbondale is an amazing poet who will join locals Peter Waldor of Telluride, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer of Placerville and Art Goodtimes of Norwood for a special group …

“It’s an honor to welcome long-time Montrose poet and educator Tracy A. Lightsey to read at the Talking Gourds Poetry Club Nov. 14th,” announced program co-director Art Goodtimes. Lightsey is …

“Giving poets exposure to audiences in far-flung Colorado communities, and giving local audiences examples of performance poetry in action, has been the motivating impulse behind the Telluride Institute’s Traveling Gourds …

After a summer hiatus, the Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds program is hosting Jodie Hollander of Avon as its featured reader for the Traveling Gourds Tour this month, Sept. 25-29, 2017. …

The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Project announces the second feature of its summer Guest Gourd series with a performance in Norwood: Peter Anderson of Crestone will be reading from …

Talking Gourds Tour with Kate Kingston of Trinidad. Tuesday at Arroyo Telluride on October 4th at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Cimarron Books in Ridgway on Oct. 5th at 1 p.m. …

Judyth Hill kicks off new Bardic Trails Tour on Western Slope. Poetry’s upping the ante on Colorado’s Western Slope with a new three-day poetry tour at the beginning of each …