Below is a list of organizations that sponsor reading series on a regular basis. Please let me know if I need to make any corrections or if I’m missing an organization.

Washington, D.C.

American University Visiting Writer’s Series, http://www.american.edu/cas/literature/mfa/visiting-writers.cfm

Big Lucks, The Three Tents Reading Series, http://www.biglucks.com/readings/

Bloombars, The Garden Open Mic, http://www.bloombars.com/event-calendar

Busboys and Poets, http://www.busboysandpoets.com/

The D.C. Poetry Project, Inc. (Meetup), http://www.meetup.com/DC-Poetry-Project/

Folger Shakespeare Library, http://www.folger.edu/

The Inner Loop, a Literary Reading Series, http://www.theinnerlooplit.com/

Lannan Center for Poetics and social practice, http://lannan.georgetown.edu/

Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/

The Memorial Day Writers’ Project, http://www.memorialdaywritersproject.com/

Pen/Faulkner Foundation, http://www.penfaulkner.org/

Say Word Saturdays, http://www.poetry247.com/sayword/

Speakeasy Storytelling, http://speakeasydc.com/

Spit Dat!, http://spitdat.wix.com/dc

Split this Rock, http://www.splitthisrock.org/

Maryland and Beyond the Beltway

Annie’s Art Gallery, Family Night Open Mic Poetry (Camp Springs), http://www.anniesartgallery.net/#!events

Busboys and Poets, http://www.busboysandpoets.com/

City Lit Project (Baltimore), http://www.citylitproject.org/

Connections Literary Series (La Plata), http://www.csmd.edu/Connections/readings.html

HoCoPoLitSo (Columbia), http://hocopolitso.org/

Jiménez-Porter Writers’ House (College Park), http://www.writershouse.umd.edu/

Takoma Park Arts & Humanities, Spring for Poetry, http://www.ftpml.org/poetry/PoetryWalk.htm

The Word Works, Café Muse Literary Series, http://www.wordworksbooks.org/cafe_muse.html

The Writer’s Center (Bethesda), http://www.writer.org/

Virginia and Beyond the Beltway

Busboys and Poets, http://www.busboysandpoets.com/