Welcome to Poetry in Glasgow (PIG), your community resource for local events, opportunities and helpful miscellany. No matter whether you are a seasoned poet, a regular slam champion, an aspiring bard, a poetic newbie or simply someone who enjoys the occasional reading: this website is for you.

The idea for PIG emerged on a dark and stormy winter night in early 2025 against the backdrop of some rather concerning developments on the social media sites most of us use to keep on top of local events and writing opportunities. Our collective reliance on commercial social media companies with their often highly questionable ethics simply seemed like a bad idea.

Our response was the creation of PIG: a tool for and by the poetry community.

Latest Update

What's On

Here's a quick peek at some of the local poetry events happening soon. Check the Events page for a full list of all upcoming events.

	November 04 @ 18:30 - 20:00 Cutwife Magazine Launch 2.0: Yolk The Alchemy Experiment 157 Byres Road, Glasgow Tickets: £5.00 Reading The Alchemy Experiment Details
	November 04 @ 19:30 - 21:30 Poetry At Sweeneys Sweeney’s On The Park 962 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow Open Mic Sweeney’s On The Park Details
	November 04 @ 18:00 - 21:00 Shed Open Mic The House Arts Collective 108-110 Napiershall Street, Glasgow Open Mic The House Arts Collective Details
	November 05 @ 18:00 - 20:00 Anamot Press Workshops: heidi andrea restrepo rhodes on Ampersanding Poetics online Tickets: £20.00 Writing Workshop online Details
	November 07 @ 12:30 - 15:30 Healing through poetry: A workshop for beginners with Ross Wilcock Project Ability 103 Trongate, Glasgow Tickets: £11.55 Writing Workshop Project Ability Details

See our Events page for more.

Upcoming Deadlines

Here's a quick preview of current opportunities with upcoming deadlines. You can find more calls for submissions, residencies and commissions on the Opportunities page.

	October 20 - November 12 SpeakEasy SlamEasy Competition 2026 Prize Details
	October 15 - November 15 Tension Literary IV: Winter Blues Submission Details
	October 01 - November 27 Mudroom Magazine: Issue 23 Submission Details
	October 01 - November 30 Broken Sleep Books (Pamphlets) Submission Details
	October 01 - November 30 The Word Exchange Competition Prize Details

See our Opportunities page for more.