The free monthly Nebraska Poets Reading Series highlights the talent of Nebraska poets and invites discussion with audience members. All events are free online, but registration is required to receive an event link. Registration links for each poet’s event and additional details about each poet are available on the Nebraska Poetry Society’s website.

February 6, AA Monet
AA Monet is a poet, author, book publisher, editor, and space creator for emotions to freely and safely exist. AA Monet’s poetry book, Lost And Found, can be found in local stores in the Omaha area.

March 5, Barbar Schmitz
Barbar Schmitz taught writing and literature at Northeast College for 30 years; two of her books have won the Poetry Award from the Nebraska Center for the Book, and she received an Individual Artist Award from the Nebraska Arts Council.

April 2, Katie Schmid
Katie Schmid is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow in creative writing for 2023 and an Assistant Professor of English at Ursinus College in PA with a debut book entitled “Nowhere.”

May 7, J.V. Brummels
J.V. Brummels is a poet, novelist, short-story writer, editor, and rancher. His collection “Book of Grass” was awarded the 2008 Nebraska Book Award for Poetry.

June 4, Veronica Torraca-Bragdon
Veronica Torraca-Bragdon is a poet, singer/songwriter, and special educator, with a degree in K-12 Vocal/Instrumental Education and a masters in Special Education from UNO whose poems have been set to music.

July 2, Bonnie Johnson-Bartee
Bonnie Johnson-Bartee teaches creative writing and literature at Wayne State College and Northeast Community College in Norfolk, and her latest book, “Cord Blood” won a 2023 Nebraska Book Award.

August 6, Hannah Wilkinson
Hannah Wilkinson has published two poetry collections: “Unto the Breach” and “Half Agony, Half Hope.”

September 3, Twyla Hansen
Twyla Hansen is a HN Speaker’s Bureau member and the first female Nebraska State Poet from 2013 to 2018.

October 1, Jon Volkmer
Jon Volkmer is a professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Ursinus College in PA who has published several books and a poetry collection.

November 5, Kassandra Monta
Kassandra Monta holds a master’s degree in English Literature and won an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council.

December 3, Julie S Paschold
Julie S Paschold has published “Horizons” – a poetry collection honoring soil – and two of their chapbooks won honorable mention in Writer’s Digest contest.