Underground Writers Association

29/01/2024

This Thursday 2/1/24 Beats & Words poetry open mic returns to Earth Eagle Brewings! Sign-up sheet goes out at 6:30.

Backing band:
Rob Littlefield, Ben Wellwood, Geoff Himsel, Nate Gruen.

07/07/2023

7/26 marks the release of “Futuristic Dread & Excitement” Pre-save on Spotify with this link!

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mylesburrandthelaststraws/futuristic-dread-and-excitement

22/06/2023

📢 Publisher Announcement! 📚🎉

We are thrilled to unveil the talented poets who have been selected for UWA Poetry Review Issue 2!

Join us in celebrating the remarkable poets featured in Poetry Review Issue 2:

🔹 Lauren WB Vermette
🔹 Marisa Gedgaudas
🔹 Todd R. Nelson
🔹 Erik Belmer
🔹 Myles Burr
🔹 Micheal Morlock
🔹 Jenna Valente
🔹 Chad Brizendine
🔹 Joel Carpenter

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all the poets who submitted their work. The selection process was arduous, and your immense talent made it incredibly challenging to choose. We value your contributions and thank you for sharing your creativity with us. Your continuous support inspires us to keep promoting the art of poetry.

We can't wait to share Poetry Review Issue 2 with the world! Stay tuned for the release date. Support these local poets by buying their books and following their social media pages.

09/06/2023

UWA Poetry Volume Vol. II is almost here! We’re now in the editing process. Names of those selected will be announced soon!

17/04/2023

Maine poet just released a new book! Go check him out.

17/04/2023

Good news, the UWA Poetry review Issue 1 is doing well in book stores! We are now gearing up for submissions for Issue 2.

We will be looking for 5-7 writers for this project. We have a suggested donation of $10 per submission.

How to submit:

1) Get your hands on UWA Poetry Review Issue 1 to know what we are looking for

2) Donate on our GoFundMe page

3) Submit 10 edited poems to the project director. [email protected]

07/04/2023

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27/03/2023

Great news! The UWA Poetry Review Issue 1 is thriving in bookstores! We are excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions for Issue 2.

For this project, we are looking for 5-7 talented writers to showcase their work. We kindly request a suggested donation of $10 per submission.

Here's how to submit:

1. Get your hands on a copy of UWA Poetry Review Issue 1 to get a sense of what we're looking for.

2. Donate to our GoFundMe page. https://gofund.me/fd522e92

3. Submit 10 edited poems to the project director, Joel Carpenter, at [email protected].

We can't wait to see your submissions!

The Underground Writers Association is excited to announce our latest fundraiser!… Joel Carpenter needs your support for UWA POETRY REVIEW ISSUE 2 Fundraiser

15/06/2022

UWA Poetry Review Issue 1 coming to a book store near you! A big thank you to the poets involved. Stay tuned, book release date & live reading events coming soon!

Go support our writers & collaborators!









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10/06/2022

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29/05/2022

Featured Artist:

Ready for UWA’s upcoming Poetry Review? This June we will be releasing some of the most electric writing from the underground poetry scene.

We are so excited to have Diannely Antigua in our upcoming poetry review!

Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator, born and raised in Massachusetts. Her debut collection Ugly Music (YesYes Books, 2019) was the winner of the Pamet River Prize and a 2020 Whiting Award. She received her BA in English from the University of Massachusetts Lowell where she won the Jack Kerouac Creative Writing Scholarship; and received her MFA at NYU where she was awarded a Global Research Initiative Fellowship to Florence, Italy. She is the recipient of additional fellowships from CantoMundo, Community of Writers, Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program, and was a finalist for the 2021 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and chosen for the Best of the Net Anthology. Her poems can be found in Poem-a-Day, Poetry Magazine, The American Poetry Review, Washington Square Review, The Adroit Journal, and elsewhere. She resides in Portsmouth, NH, where she is the Poet Laureate. For more information visit www.diannelyantigua.com

22/05/2022

Featured artist:

Are you ready for UWA’s new poetry release? This June we will be releasing some of the most electric writing from the underground poetry scene.

UWA’s Issue 1 Poetry Review is your finger on the pulse of an ever growing and diversifying roster of talent.

We are so excited to have poet Myles Burr in our Poetry Review.

Myles Burr is an artist based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Specializing in freeform poetry, he takes readers through an abstract overview of his personal life. Burr hosts various readings and beat poetry events in the Seacoast Area. He is an administrator/board member of The Portland Poets Society (based in Portland, Maine.) He is the author of “Therapy Is Expensive So I Wrote This Book Instead.” and has been published in two anthologies, “You, Me, & The End Of The World.” and “The Best F-ing Poets You’ve Never Heard Of.” All three titles were released by the publishing house Underground Writers Association, based out of Portland, ME. Burr has also self-published five underground chapbooks: “Convolutions Of An Unkempt Mind.,” “It’s Fine. I’m Fine.,” “Ataraxia Volume 1,” “Sea Breezes,” and most recently, “A Buffoon In Pantomime.” Growing up in the Greater Seacoast Area has allowed him to find inspiration in the drastic change of seasons both visually and viscerally. There is beauty in every corner of the world, but what fascinates Myles Burr most of all is people and the human experience.

03/04/2022

The Taste of Your Nirvana by J. Carpenter available on Amazon soon!

Check out J. Carpenter] relaunch of his book The Taste of Your Nirvana. New cover same words. Available on Amazon and select book stores.

31/01/2022

Myles Burr reads his original poetry over improvisational music at The Press Room.Band:Colin McKenna - DrumsDJ DePasquale - GuitarLukas Labrie - BassMaddoc J...

18/07/2021

We are so excited to announce the expansion of UWA with our new opening branch in South Africa! Daniel Brits will be taking the helm as our South African ambassador to to help interweave underground writing communities on a global scale.

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Interested in ambassadorship for your community? Contact UWA for more info!

15/07/2021

.magazine is now accepting submissions. Go check them out to find out more!

26/05/2021

Happening in Portland, Maine:

Poetry on the prom is back in full swing! Hosted by

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