Name: Poetry Isn't Dead, It's Undead
Start: 2026-03-28T17:00:00-0400
End: 2026-03-28T17:50:00-0400

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Saturday March 28, 2026 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT

A discussion of how to write poetry that resonates with a broad audience and challenges traditional ideas of verse. Poets will discuss speculative poetry and how the use of science fiction and horror tropes can make it more accessible. Panelists will also detail markets and opportunities for speculative poets, and give the audience prompts to help them get started on their own poems.

Speakers

Kyle E Miller

Jarod K. Anderson

Jarod K. Anderson is a writer and poet from Ohio. His new fantasy novel Strange Animals was called "a wholly captivating tale of magic and nature" by Publishers Weekly. His book about nature and mental health Something in the Woods Loves You was praised as a "brilliantly poignant... Read More →

Sarah Hans

Sarah Hans is an award-winning writer, editor, and teacher whose stories have appeared in more than 40 publications, including Apex Magazine, Love Letters to Poe, and Pseudopod. Her debut horror novel, Entomophobia, was released in 2022. You can read Sarah’s short stories in the... Read More →

Matt Betts

Writer/Poet and Programmer for the UA Library, UA Library

Talk to me about horror, pop culture, poetry, scifi, books, movies! I want it all!

I'm writer and poet, and I develop programming for the Upper Arlington Public Library.

Vera West

Saturday March 28, 2026 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
Algonquin A

Writing

Penguicon 2026

Kyle E Miller

Jarod K. Anderson

Sarah Hans

Matt Betts

Vera West

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Penguicon 2026

Kyle E Miller

Jarod K. Anderson

Sarah Hans

Matt Betts

Vera West

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