30 Poems in November! supports Center for New Americans’ free English classes for immigrants, refugees, migrants, and asylum-seekers.
Here’s How the Event Works
✔ Writer’s write one poem a day for 30 days in November
✔ Friends & family donate $$ for each poem ($1 x 30 poems= $30)
✔ If you are new to this tradition, follow the prompts!
For Writers
If you have forgotten your password, click “Forgot Your Password?”
(You’ll then be directed to a fresh page, ready for you to fill out for this year’s event. We strongly advise you to set up your page on a computer or tablet for clarity)
For Friends and Supporters
Support a participating writer or make a general donation
Event Leadership
Nerissa Nields
Nerissa Nields has been devoted to the written (and spoken and sung) word for her entire life. Best known as primary songwriter for the acclaimed folk-rock band The Nields, she has written 21 CDs-worth of songs.
Nerissa’s publications include a YA novel Plastic Angel (Scholastic 2005), and All Together Singing in the Kitchen: Creative Ways to Make and Listen to Music as a Family (Roost Books/Shambhala, 2011,) as well as How to Be an Adult: A Creative Guide to Navigating Your Twenties (Mercy House, 2013). Her work has been published in Brevity, American Songwriter, J Journal: New Writing on Justice, Performing Songwriter, The Huffington Post, The Maine Review, and the Boston Globe.
As Nerissa worked on her first drafts, she began encouraging others to write in short, regular, timed bursts in a group setting. In 2003, Writing It Up in the Garden was born. Today, she teaches students from all over the country in person as well as via Zoom.
Even before signing on as 30 Poems Event Chair, Nerissa recruited writers ranging from high school students to such veteran writers as outgoing Event Chair, Sarah Sullivan, to write and raise for 30 Poems in November! Center for New Americans thanks Nerissa Nields for guiding us through this year’s event and inspiring our community of writers.
