FSPA Chapters offer both regularly scheduled and special events throughout Florida, hosting poetry groups, workshops, open mics, poetry slams, and more! Below are locations and contact info for chapter presidents.
Ancient City Poets
We host an open mic on the last Sunday of every month, at various locations. The sign up sheet goes out at 2:30 on the afternoon of the gathering. We turn on the mic at 3:00 p.m. and the facilitator calls up the first 15 names on the list to share up to 5 minutes of material. All meetings are open to the public, come as you are. Our members also participate regularly in several storytelling events and various poetry outreach events with the local St. Johns literary and arts community.
St. Augustine, FL
Acting Chapter President: Chris Bodor
Expanding Arts Tampa
Chapter President: Charles Hines
The Key West Poetry Guild (KWPG)
The Key West Poetry Guild (KWPG) began as an offshoot of the Sunday Salons held by Robert Frost when he wintered at what became known as the, ‘Frost Cottage’, at the Porter Mansion, home of his friend, Jesse Newton Porter.
The KWPG meets and has met the First Sunday of every month for an Open Mic. The tradition, once heralded by writers like Tennessee Williams and Shel Silverstein, continues at 327 Elizabeth at 7pm on the First Sunday of every month. Poets at all stages of their careers are welcome to share their original poems in a safe, non-critiquing space.
Chapter President: Vicki Boguszewski
Live Poets Society of Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL
Chapter President: Marc Davidson
LGBTQIA+ & Friends
Wilton Manors, FL
Chapter President: Michael Mackin O’Mara
Miami Poets
Miami, FL
Chapter President: Connie Goodman-Milone
New River Poets
Wesley Chapel, FL
Chapter President: Gary Ketchum
North Florida Poetry Hub
Jacksonville, FL
Chapter President: Ruth Van Alstine
Northwest Florida Poets
Pensacola, FL
Chapter President: Katherine Nelson-Born
Orlando Area Poets
Orlando, FL
Chapter President: Nikki Fragala Barnes
Poetry for the Love of It
Tallahassee, FL
Chapter President: Linda Whitefeather
Suncoast Writers Guild Poetry Pod
Englewood, FL
Chapter President: Ann Favreau
Sunshine Poets
Beverly Hills, FL
Chapter President: Cheri Neuman Herald
Tomoka Poets
Ormond Beach, FL
Chapter President: Mary-Ann Westbrook