06/01/2026
This coming Sunday!!! June 7, 2026.
Betty June Silconas Poetry Center
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The BJS Poetry Center at Sussex County Community College promotes the work of poets in Sussex County, NJ, and beyond. Ms. Silconas never sought to be recognized.
The Betty June Silconas Poetry Center at Sussex County Community College honors the memory of Betty June Silconas, a Sparta, New Jersey, resident who celebrated her life in her poems. The joy and love she had for family, friends, and her home are evident in her work. She wrote for the bliss she experienced as she chronicled the events in her life: seasons, celebrations, and her spirituality. With
06/01/2026
05/06/2026
Updated info on the 2026 Silconas Poetry Festival and Stillwater Review launch! See you there!
04/26/2026
Please join the editors of The Stillwater Review for our annual Editors’ Reading on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
The reading will take place on the Sussex County Community College Campus in the Student Center Theater (Bldg. D) at 5:00 pm, followed by an open mic for poetry. SCCC is located at 1 College Hill Road, Newton, NJ.
Readers include Editor Daniel Warhol, Associate Editors Jane Ebihara, D. Scott Humphries, Elaine Koplow, and Olivia Masucci, and former Associate Editor Jean LeBlanc.
Light refreshment will be served after the reading. We look forward to seeing you there!
09/22/2025
Dan Warhol, Director of the BJS Poetry Center, is one of the featured readers at the Sussex County Library (Main Branch) in October...
09/22/2025
Our reading period is open! Please send poems!
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BJS Poetry Center/SCCC/1 College Hill Rd
Newton, NJ
07860