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 2021-22

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

Kelly Trippe and Steve Aitken

Ron McClain

Teri and Lloyd Trotter

Jacqui Michel and David Weisman

Anne and Fred Woodworth

Villanelle Donors

Susan Vitale and Henry Levin

Tiffani Whittaker and Raymond Millien

Sonnet Donors

Joseph Ferber

Judy Lentz

Kim Schraf

Craig Wallace

Haiku Donors

Harriet Patsy Davis

Cassandra Hetherington

Cille Kennedy

Cintia Lombardi

Shannon Morris

Joseph Ross

Sharan Strange

Susan Willens

Tom and Linda Yoder

Friends of the Poetry Festival

Stephanie Aaronson

Bruce Altevogt

Judith and Thompson Bowles

Crystal Carson

Harriet Patsy Davis

Jenny Apostol and Marco DiPaul

Rebecca Farnum

Judy Peabody

Poetry Advisory Committee

Sincere thanks for the hard work and dedication of our Poetry Advisory Committee.

Jean Gurman