poetry + environmental science + community =
a joyful rising in our climate-changed world
Our official launch at AWP 2024!
The Hellbender Gathering will, for the first time, be at the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Kansas City, MS, from February 7-11. Come visit us; we’ll be at table # T3208.
Hellbender online programming to be announced this spring!
In the year leading up to our inaugural festival in October 2025, we’ll be offering a number of online classes and readings. Stay tuned for more details!
Announcing Our 2025 Poetry Faculty
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David Baker
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Camille Dungy
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Jane Hirshfield
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Tim Seibles
We believe in the transformative power of poetry to rise up during these most challenging times, and we nurture those who are determined—hellbent—to find words that protect, repair, and bear witness to this earth and our non-human kin of plants and animals.
Come. Join us.
Alone, each of us is one person. But together we are a chorus of voices heard over the coming storms.
