Open Stage is the monthly open mic event featuring singers, comics, poets and storytellers.

The 2005 festival also continued the tradition set the year before of featuring international poets with a contingent from the U.K. doing performances as well.

They hosted a yearly marathon reading featuring poets who had some kind of St. Louis connection.

Each issue features a theme honoring a particular community of poets, such as teachers, slam poets, or, most recently, southern poets.

It features the work of nearly 300 authors, poets, and other artists from around the world, including:

It was a multi-artist event, featuring poets, artists and musicians.

Films featuring prominent black authors, poets and playwrights.

The readings were held monthly and featured local and national poets and writers.

Skin Radio also featured many local musicians and poets.

Big Night is a multi-disciplinary poetry series featuring poets from around the country alongside local artists in other media such as music, film, video, and visual art.