Here's an overview of our schedule for the 2024 Festival. Check here for a full program with event descriptions and bios. 

9:30 - 1:30 PM  |   Nossrat Yassini Teen Poetry Festival - Hamilton Smith Hall 

* High school students and teachers who have registered for the Nossrat Yassini Teen Poetry Festival will receive the student programming schedule by email.

5:30 - 6:30 PM  |   Opening Celebration - Hamilton Smith Hall (Atrium)

7:00 - 8:30 PM  |   Headline Event - Dimond Library's Courtyard Reading Room

                                       New Hampshire Teen Poetry Prize Winners: Leonardo Chung, Pearl Hoekstra-Toste, Pranavi Vedula

                                       Headliners: Diannely Antigua, Mckendy Fils-Aime, Nathan McClain

9:00 - 10:30   |    Poetry Slam hosted by Slam Free or Die - Memorial Union Building, Theater 2

10:00 - 5:00 PM  |  Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival - Hamilton Smith Hall & Dimond Library

Join us for a full (free!) day of poetry programming: writing workshops, panels, readings, a poetry carnival, a small press fair, and plenty of surprises.

See Saturday's full schedule here!

Special Event Ticket Links:

Master Class with Bianca Stone: The Reality of the Poem

Synesthete's Secret Speakeasy

11:00 - 12:00 PM  |   Closing Celebration - Hamilton Smith Hall (Atrium)

12:00 - 1:30 PM    |   Headline Event - Dimond Library's Courtyard Reading Room

                                             USNH Poetry Prize Winners: Dan Harrison, Caleb Jagoda, Julia Roch, Virginia Schoff

                                             Bianca Stone, Myles Taylor