Connecting Poetry & Community

We celebrate the power, playfulness, and musicality of poetry, giving voice to what is often left unspoken and connecting the outer world with our inner lives.

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Students Connect Through Poetry
Students Connect Through Poetry

“You are living poems… the words you don’t write are just as powerful as the ones you do” -Djeli Celestia

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Meet the Winner of the 2025 Vermont Youth Poet Laureate Contest
Meet the Winner of the 2025 Vermont Youth Poet Laureate Contest
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The Tomorrow Project
The Tomorrow Project

Young Writers Project invites teens to create writing and art that explore the challenges of today – with hope and solutions for tomorrow. 

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New Voices in Vermont Poetry

The Sundog Poetry Book Award for a first or second book of poetry is open to any Vermont resident. The winning manuscript is published in partnership with Green Writers Press.


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Some Dark Familiar: Poems by Julia C. Alter Some Dark Familiar: Poems by Julia C. Alter
Some Dark Familiar: Poems by Julia C. Alter
$16.95

2023 Award
Winner

Fire Index - Poems by Bethany Breitland Fire Index - Poems by Bethany Breitland
Fire Index - Poems by Bethany Breitland
$15.95
Bags and Tools - Poems by Michael Fleming Bags and Tools - Poems by Michael Fleming
Bags and Tools - Poems by Michael Fleming
$15.95
the blue-collar sun by Lucas Farrell
the blue-collar sun by Lucas Farrell
$15.95

Sundog Poetry gratefully receives funding from The Vermont Arts Council, the Vermont Community Foundation, Vermont Humanities, and many individual donors.