Since it began in the fall of 1999, the UMaine New Writing Series has hosted more than a hundred and twenty poetry and fiction readings at the University of Maine’s flagship campus in Orono.

Conceived as an instrument for investigating the whole spectrum of possibilities for contemporary work in poetry, prose, translation, and the new media, the NWS puts an emphasis on innovative, adventurous, and/or unduly neglected writing.

The NWS is cosponsored by the English Department of the University of Maine and the National Poetry Foundation with financial support from the Lloyd H. Elliott fund and grants from the UMaine Distinguished Lecture/Cultural Affairs Committee. (read less)

Since it began in the fall of 1999, the UMaine New Writing Series has hosted more than a hundred and twenty poetry and fiction readings at the University of Maine’s flagship campus in Orono.

Conceived as an instrument for investigating the whole spectrum of possibilities for contemporary work in poetry, prose, translation, and the new media, the NWS puts an emphasis on innovative, adventurous, and/or unduly neglected writing.

The NWS is cosponsored by the English Department of the University... (read more)