ARIZONA STATE POETRY SOCIETY

 

Katie is president of Arizona State Poetry Society (ASPS), a non-profit, educational, and literary organization dedicated to the art of poetry and to the appreciation, writing, reading, and speaking of poetry.

ASPS works at the state and local levels and serves to unite poets in fellowship and understanding, while embracing diversity in skin color, gender identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic, language, different abilities, age, and neurodiversity.

The organization has been in existence since 1965. It was formed by some of the same people who established the University of Arizona Poetry Center, with deep roots in the poetry communities of Arizona. It informs and encourages all poets through contests, readings, critique, circles of interest, an annual conference, SLAM competitions, and other resources.