Off Site. On Purpose. AWP 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 7:00 PM
Westminster Hall, 519 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
(Free Admission – Doors Open at 6:30 PM)
SWWIM, MER, NELLE, Whale Road Review, Perugia Press, & Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry present: Off site. On purpose.
SWWIM, MER, NELLE, Whale Road Review, Perugia Press, & Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry present “Off Site. On Purpose,” featuring many of today’s most inspiring women and nonbinary writers and poets! Join us for a night of life-affirming poetry on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM), Westminster Hall, 519 W. Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Admission is free. Cash bar available. No RSVP needed; just come!
*A former Presbyterian church, Westminster Hall and Burying Ground is an historic site and the resting place of Edgar Allan Poe (and more!).
Readers for MER: Eileen Cleary, Jennifer Militello, Carla Panciera, Donna Vorreyer, Karolina Zapal
This year’s Offsite. On Purpose. is dedicated in loving memory to Jennifer Martelli (1962-2025), our friend and colleague, one of the founders of this annual reading, a fierce advocate for poetry, and a damn good poet.