The New England Poetry Club is a poets’ association founded in 1915 by Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, and Conrad Aiken to foster the art of poetic expression. The Club runs the oldest poetry reading series in the country an and offers an ongoing writing workshop open to all members. The Club sponsors various awards and contests to encourage and recognize poetic achievement. Members of New England Poetry Club are poets, publishers, and readers and translators of poetry who live in New England or have strong ties to the region.