Calling All Poets!

To commemorate National Poetry Month, the New Brunswick Free Public Library will compile its Annual Poetry Month Celebration Anthology, sponsored by the Raritan Valley Federation of Libraries, in April 2026. The Poetry Anthology is open to all poets – from novice to previously published, and from New Jersey or across the globe. The deadline for submissions is Monday, April 06, 2026. For details, you may download a Poetry Submission Form here (o haga clic aquí para español).

All poets who submit to the anthology will be invited to read their published poems at the annual Poetry Reading, details of which will be posted later. For more information, please contact Librarian Jackie Oshman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call the library at 732-745-5108 x2717.

Last year's anthology is embedded on this page (to the right of this text). You may also download the PDF here.
Watch the recording of the April 28, 2025 Poetry Reading here:

You may download the 24th* Annual Poetry Month Celebration Anthology as a PDF here. You may watch the recording of the April 30, 2024 Poetry Reading here.

You may download 2023's Poetry Anthology here. The recording of the Poetry Reading conducted via Zoom on April 24th, 2023, is available here.

2022's Anthology can be viewed here. 2022’s Reading was also conducted via Zoom; you can view the recording here. Check out this Tap Into New Brunswick article about our 2022 anthology!