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Since the 2023 #sealeychallenge, Nicole Sealey has entrusted the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center with caring for this incredible month of reading poetry. Thank you for letting us be the permanent home of this phenomenal community effort!
Every Tuesday we'll provide a #TuesdayTip to get you situated before the reading challenge begins. Today's tip: select books that can be read in one day. Feel free to share books you've read before or plan to read in the comments!
Poetry is memory alive. —Joy Harjo Art by Sophie McTear.
One of the hallmarks of the #SealeyChallenge is to engage with diverse voices—who will read this August? #sealeychallenge #poetry
“As August approaches, I recognize the excitement vibrating in my body and grasp just how much I need The Sealey Challenge in my life.” — Connie Pan, Bookriot
Get in the #SealeyChallenge spirit by listening to a poetry podcast! Each episode of Poetry Centered features a guest poet who curates three poems from our audiovisual archive, Voca, sharing their insights on the remarkable performances. Check it o
“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton https://www.thesealeychallenge.com
#SealeyChallenge 2025 will be here before you know it! How are you preparing for this year’s challenge?
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. —June Jordan. Art by Sophie McTear.
Just one month until the #SealeyChallenge kicks off, and we’ll be preparing alongside you everyday until August 1st! Get organized—make a reading list or weekly agenda, or plan when you’ll make extra time for reading! https://www.
(yawn) Hibernation is over! Just a month until the 2025 #SealeyChallenge kicks off!
Are YOU getting ready for the 2025 #SealeyChallenge? Thanks to Diego Báez (@profebaez) and @poetswritersinc for this feature on what it means to spend dedicated time reading poetry with a diverse, engaged community. What are you looking forwa
 

voices from the community

“Every year, The Sealey Challenge comes along to make sure we don’t lose sight of the value of verse, the importance of poetics.” 

- Chris M. Arnone, Bookriot
15 poetry books for the upcoming Sealey Challenge
 
 

“[The Sealey Challenge] helped me articulate the ways I want to generate inspiration rather that hunt it...” 

- Safia Elhillo, Catapult 
the way into the poem is the decision to write the poem

“31 books of poetry in 31 days. I’ve gone around the world and back.” 

- Heidi Seaborn, poet