Gulf Coast Events

Gulf Coast hosts several events throughout the year inside and out of Houston, including tabling at the AWP Conference and Bookfair, the New Orleans Poetry Festival, craft talks at our partner venues, and monthly readings at the Lawndale Art Center featuring one outside reader and two University of Houston Creative Writing graduate students.

Find our 2026/2027 calendar below.

Lawndale Readings

Fall 2026:
7PM, Friday, September 25th - Reyes Ramirez, Alyssa Box, Jacob Weil, Mathew Weitman.
7PM, Friday, October 23rd - Khadijah Queen, Bianca Butler, Leslie Sainz, Karen Zhang.
7PM, Friday, November 20th - Aruni Kashyap, Julia Sáenz Lorduy, Tenny Liu, Kaitlin Rizzo.
 
Spring 2027:
7PM, Friday, January 29th - Jake Rose
7PM, Friday, February 26th - Zoë Bossiere
7PM, Friday, April 23rd - Samuel Ligon
 

Craft Talks

3PM, Friday, September 25th - Reyes Ramirez
In partnership with Dreamers Books + Culture.
711 Milby St. # 11 Houston, TX

1PM, Friday, October 23rd - Khadijah Queen
In partnership with Kindred Stories
2310 Elgin St #2, Houston, TX 77004

1PM, Friday, November 20th - Aruni Kashyap
In partnership with Basket Books & Art
115 Hyde Park Blvd, Houston, TX