The 2017 West End Poetry Festival features poets representing a range of poetic styles, ages, professions, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and stages of development. The festival draws emerging and established poets and local and nationally recognized poets.
- Omololu Babatunde
- Joan Barasovska
- Abigail Browning
- Jay Bryan
- Sara Claytor
- Kristen Cox
- Tyree Daye
- Evelyn Dove-Coleman
- Ralph Earle
- Ann Ehringhaus
- Leah Elliott
- Joanne Kennedy Frazer
- Susan Adler George
- Jaki Shelton Green
- Aruna Gurumurthy
- Mimi Herman
- Maura High
- Candace Howze
- Mike James
- Pat Jobe
- Fred Joiner
- Kai Love
- Marquis Love
- Sam Love
- Tim Mattimoe
- Lynda Myers
- Florence Nash
- Adé Oh
- Tema Okun
- Alice Osborn
- Cantrice Janelle Penn
- Gary Phillips
- Paul Richmond
- Danielle C. Robinson
- José A. Romero
- Jane Seitel
- Susan Spalt
- Celisa Steele
- Bradley R. Strahan
- Loan Tran
- J. Delaney Watson
- Jennifer Whitaker
- Gideon Young
- Mariam Zafar
To see all the festival events, view the full schedule.