Poetry Festival will be held:

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Support the Parkmont Poetry Festival

The annual Parkmont Poetry Festival benefits hundreds of students from public, private, and charter Washington D.C. schools. The Festival is operated by Parkmont School and reflects Parkmont’s educational approach, which seeks to expand education beyond our school walls. We thank you for coming to our site to immerse yourself in poetry. Costs for operating the Festival each year are substantial, and we welcome your direct contributions to the Parkmont Poetry Festival. Your gift will support the creativity and self-expression of hundreds of DC student poets.

Help support the Parkmont Poetry Festival

Gifts in any amount welcome!

Haiku: $100 | Sonnet: $250 | Villanelle: $500 | Epic Poem: $1,000

Poetry Festival Contributors 2022-23

We thank the Friends of the Parkmont Poetry Festival for their support, enthusiasm, and guidance, and for helping to shape the future for these young poets via the Parkmont Poetry Festival.

Epic Poem Donors

Ron McClain

Peter and Beatrice van Roijen

Jacqui Michel and David Weisman

Ann and Fred Woodworth

Villanelle Donors

Michele Jolin and Kevin Downey

Sonnet Donors

Joe Ferber

Kim Schraf

Haiku Donors

Susan Vitale and Henry Levin

Rebecca Farnum

Friends of the Poetry Festival

Jenny Apostol and Marco DiPaul

Elizabeth Dover

Rollin Hawley

Cille Kennedy

Judy Peabody

Joseph Ross