October 10, 7-9 p.m.
Underbrush Books
Free event

Join us for a reading of Randall’s debut novel-in-verse, City of Dis, at the coolest spot in downtown Rogers. Opening readings by Bee Balm Arkansas community members, and drinks downtown after.

October 11
Fayetteville Public Library
$25
Times range from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Submit your up to 5 poems or 10 pages of your prose by September 22 and receive detailed comments on your work to improve your craft and move toward publication.

You’ll meet with Randall for a 15 minute session at the Fayetteville Public Library to talk about his feedback on your work.

October 11
Fayetteville Public Library
$25
Times range from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Submit your up to 5 poems or 10 pages of your prose by September 22 and receive detailed comments on your work to improve your craft and move toward publication.

You’ll meet with Bleah for a 15 minute session at the Fayetteville Public Library to talk about her feedback on your work.

October 11, 2-3 p.m.
Ziegler Room, Fayetteville Public Library
Free event

A craft talk is an opportunity to think about the way you write, revise, and publish your poetry and prose.

On our lifelong journeys of learning how to create art, we gather multiple tools and methods on how to create. However, as we gain more “skills” and create more art, the crafting and shaping process becomes more difficult. Without intentions and goals, the editing process can become endless. You can spend years creating multiple versions of “good” pieces of art, and they can all be valid. But how do you know what is the best version for you? You, as a writer, are no longer just following guidelines and suggestions for making “better” art, you are making decisions for what your art should be.

In this craft talk we will walk through the editing process and do away with the framing constraints like right and wrong. We will work to bridge the gap between what you, as writer, want your art to be doing and what is happening within the existing piece. We will talk about identifying desires, reoccurring obsessions and your internal goals as a writer.

October 11, 3-4 p.m.
Ziegler Room, Fayetteville Public Library
Free event

A craft talk is an opportunity to think about the way you write, revise, and publish your poetry and prose.

Every poet has a voice that’s distinctly their own, but finding it, trusting it, and sharing it takes time. This talk invites you to lean into your strengths as a writer rather than dwelling on what isn’t working. Together, we’ll explore practical ways to recognize and nurture your authentic style, situating your work within a literary context that feels like home, one where you stand out while still being in good company. We’ll also look at how that clarity can guide you toward the right journals and audiences for your poems. Through interactive exercises, we’ll place your writing in a broader ecosystem where it can grow and thrive. By the end, you’ll have tools for both polishing your craft and building confidence in the voice only you can bring to the page.

Along the way, we’ll balance play and exploration with practical steps: assembling a poetry submission packet, identifying journals that align with your work, and promoting your writing within a community that shares your sensibilities.

October 12, 1-3 p.m.
Perrodin Supply Co.
Free Event

Join local artist, writer, and meditation teacher Robin Bruce to make your own text and image collage at this community hang. Vale Thurman will also be in the space offering tarot readings as moonroot.

Please arrive early if you’d like to sign up for a tarot reading, as space is limited.

October 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The Graduate Hotel
Free event

Revision Night is an opportunity for writers (both poetry and prose!) to bring their work and receive feedback from community members. We do this one every month on the 13th, so it’s a classic. Led by Bee Balm community members Cassie Sands and Schuyler Brooks.

You can bring a print out of your work, or upload it to the drive for everyone to read.

October 14, 6-7:30 p.m.
Ann Henry Board Room, Fayetteville Public Library
$25

Join visiting poet Austin Segrest, author of GROOM (2025) and DOOR TO REMAIN (2021) for a special poetry writing workshop.

Ekphrasis comes from an ancient Greek practice of extensively describing a work of visual art (a design on a shield or a mural, for example) in a poem. We'll look at some classic and innovative examples of ekprhasis and try writing our own. In particular, we'll explore ways that ekphrasis can illuminate the mystery of the self and identity, something I do in my new collection, Groom, in various poems that describe Caravaggio's painting Conversion on the Way to Damascus (1601).

October 15, 7-9 p.m.
Pearl’s Books
Free event

Join us for a reading of Julia and Austin’s new books, PARALLAX and Groom. Meet the poets, buy a book, and get it signed. We’ll be moved by these brilliant poets and get low-key drinks downtown after.

October 16, 7-9 p.m.
Pearl’s Books
$25

Join poet Julia Kolchinsky, author of PARALLAX (2025) and other award-winning books, for a special poetry writing workshop.

We live in unimaginable times, but through them, we have our imaginations, our voices, and our words. During this workshop, we will read and write into the complicated and fraught position of witness, bridging the individual with the collective and the historical with the contemporary.

October 18, 7-10 p.m.
Word Coffee
$15

See 16 poets compete on the mic in The Derelict's Digest's first poetry slam, hosted by the open-mic's creator, Salvador Sanchez.

Or, perform your work! Sign up to be one of the night's 16 competitors by emailing Salvador at salvadorsanchez11014@gmail.com, or take your chances and sign up the night of the event.

Winner gets the $150 primer pot, plus add-ons from ticket sales.