Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute

The Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute is an independent forum created to provide a space in which fresh thinking about poetry, in both its intellectual and its practical needs, can flourish free of any allegiance other than to the best ideas. With this in mind, the Institute convenes leading poets, scholars, publishers, educators, and other thinkers from inside and outside the poetry world to address issues of importance to the art form of poetry and to identify and champion solutions for the benefit of the art. To the left, Harriet Monroe, founder of Poetry magazine.

Read a letter from Director Katharine Coles »

Current Project
Poetry in New Media

The Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute has invited a panel of poets, publishers, and experts from the fields of media law, technology, and other pertinent areas to come together both in person and virtually during 2009. The group will examine issues related to the preparation, distribution, and reception of poetry through existing and evolving new-media platforms, including the Internet and other electronic forms and devices, with the aim of forging “best practices” recommendations that both protect the intellectual property of poets and publishers and ensure a vigorous presence for poetry in various forms on new-media outlets. More Information »

Future Projects
Poetry Community To-Do List

Some of the ideas and questions generated or received at the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, while worthy, are beyond the scope of the current Institute project. In order to capture and share these ideas and questions, we’ve created The Poetry Community To-Do List. It is our hope that a few of you reading this page might have the desire and ability to fulfill, or may already be fulfilling, some of these proposals.

Katharine Coles, Director
Beth Allen, Project Manager

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