Our Local Literary Arts Community

The Belfast Poetry Festival celebrates poetry and artistic possibility. One of the few community-based, non-academic literary festivals in the country, the Festival is an inclusive and collaboration-driven event that gives poets, artists, and audience broad opportunity to make connections, share ideas, and discover possibilities for the arts beyond the merely expected.

2025 dates to be announced

Plunkett Poetry Festival hosted by UMaine Augusta, held at Jewett Hall. The keynote speaker this year is Natalie Diaz, a Pulitzer-prize-winning Mojave poet, language activist, and educator. Workshops, panel discussions, an open mic and a student writer contest.

Sat, April 26, 2025

Millay House Rockland Reading Series Millay House Rockland is a nonprofit organization that champions poets, as well as creators and practitioners of all the arts. It celebrates the legacy of Edna St. Vincent Millay and the rich heritage of midcoast Maine. Central to the mission is rejuvenating the literary landmark that is the birthplace of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.

On-going

Word was started in 2017 by a group of community members to celebrate the rich literary culture of the Blue Hill Peninsula. Not only is Blue Hill home to many fine writers in all genres, it is a community of passionate readers who support the creative work of authors, poets, artists, musicians, and craftspeople. It is the perfect setting to share one’s work and one’s love of literature.

2025 dates to be announced