Poets & Writers

Curation as Creation

POETS & WRITERS IS MORE than a magazine. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving creative writers. We pay fees to writers giving readings and leading workshops, provide information and advice to authors, and help them connect with one another and with audiences. We also sponsor a number of awards and prizes. Learn more at pw.org.

won the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam and took top prizes in three National Poetry Slams. His television and radio credits include two seasons of HBO’s , NPR’s , and MTV’s . The named Cabico the “Lady Gaga of Poetry,” and he has been listed in magazine’s 100 Men We Love. Cabico is the recipient of a 2006 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award for his work teaching poetry to young adults at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He is the editor of (Capturing Fire Press, 2018).

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