National Beat Poetry Festival, Awards Ceremony, Beat Poets Celebration & Readings. In person & videoed. 9-3/2021, 9/4/2021, 9/5/2021.

For videos of the Beat Poets who were at the festival, check each poet’s page.

Online Zoom Host: Chryssa Velissariou from Greece (Send in Videos to NBPF15@GMAIL.COM) along with a headshot & short bio.
EST: Live in person – Host: Shaw Israel Izikson – Friday September 3, 2021 at 7pm, Saturday September 4, 2021 (Awards Ceremony & Celebration at 1pm, Sunday September 5, 2021 at 1pm – Passiflora, 22 River Road, Rt 181 off Rt 44, Pleasant Valley/Barkhamsted, CT.

Beat Poet Laureates Celebrate National Poetry Month Every Saturday in April.
Readings on Saturday April 3, 10, 17, 24.
Zoom Event – Links Listed On Facebook

Sat April 3, 2021

George Wallace – US National Beat Poet Laureate (2015-2016)

Carlos Dufflar – New York City Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2022)

Andy Clausen – New York State Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2022)

Carlo Parcelli – State of Maryland Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

Thom Woodruff – State of Texas Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2022)

Dr. Chryssa Velissariou – Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate –  Greece (2019-Present), International Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2018)

Ngoma Hill – State of New York Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

James Paul Wagner – US National Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2021), Long Island, New York Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

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Sat April 10, 2021

Lori Desrosiers – US National Beat Poet Laureate (2016-2017)

Bengt O Björklund – Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate – Sweden (2018-Present)

Gabor G Gyukics – Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate – Hungary (2020-Present)

Amelia Matus – State of Wisconsin Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2022)

Larry Jaffe – State of Florida Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2020)

Michael D. Amitin – International Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2021)

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Sat April 17, 2021

John B. Burroughs – State of Ohio Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

David K. Leff – Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate, New England (2018-Present)

William F. DeVault – US National Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2018)

Ron Whitehead – State of Kentucky Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

Tammi Truax – State of Maine Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2020)

Leo Jarret – State of Michigan Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2022)

Barry Graham – State of Michigan Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2020)

Rich Ferguson – State of California Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2022)

Virginia Shreve – State of Connecticut Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2022)

Ernel Grant – State of Connecticut Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

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Sat April 24, 2021

Paul Richmond US National Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2020), State of Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

Richard Wayne Horton – State of Massachusetts Best Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

Lorraine Currelley – Bronx, NY Beat Poet Laureate (2020-2022)

Annie Petrie Sauter – State of Colorado Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

Nordette N. Adams – State of Louisiana Beat Poet Laureate (2019-2021)

Chris Vannoy – US National Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2019), State of California, San Diego Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

Daniel McTaggart – State of West Virginia Beat Poet Laureate (2017-2019)

Donna Allard – International Beat Poet Laureate Canada (2019-2020) 

Darlene (Dee Trupoetry) Fernandez – State of Connecticut Beat Poet Laureate (2018-2020)

Watch the International Beat Poetry Goddess Festival which was held on Saturday March 6, 2021. The video can be viewed on the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. YouTube Channel Here is the link:
https://youtu.be/EIZq-WOhRhE
Sponsored by the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. Consider a donation to keep poetry alive & thriving: http://paypal.me/NationalBeatPoetry

Saturday March 6, 2021
National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. will be holding its yearly GODDESS FESTIVAL,  celebrating women from all over the world during Women’s History Month on Saturday March 6, 2021. Due to the Covid pandemic, the event will be held virtually around the globe. To sign up to participate, please send your name, location, contact info, and a short bio to me at: NBPF15@GMAIL.COM 
Save the date- 3/6/2021. More details will be coming soon.