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Poet Lore is published by The Writer’s Center, a literary arts nonprofit based in Bethesda, Maryland. We are thankful for support from The Writer’s Center and its board of directors.

Poet Lore is a proud member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).

This website was made possible by a generous grant from the Academy of American Poets, allowing us to build a new hub for contemporary poetry and work towards a sustainable future for our continued publishing.

The Poetry Foundation has also supplied instrumental support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, providing funding that kickstarted our Guest Editor initiative and supports our contributor payment fund.

Curated Conversation(s): A Latinx Poetry Show is a collaboration between Poet Lore, The Writer’s Center, Un Nuevo Sol, and Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies. Season two is funded by the Poetry Foundation and the generosity of individual donors.

Poet Lore acknowledges previous support from the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, the Maryland State Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the Tau Foundation, the Omega Foundation, the Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, the Wagner Family Charitable Fund, the Samuel & Grace Gorlitz Foundation, the Reva & David Logan Foundation, Michelle Bacchus and many other individual supporters.

Previous partnerships have included The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center, the African Poetry Book Fund, and the Enoch Pratt Free Library.