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a community challenge to read one book of poems every day for the month of august. challenge begins august 1! 📚 ✨#sealeychallenge linktr.ee/thesealeychallenge | thesealeychallenge.com

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 19

“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton

Whether you're brand-new to the challenge or old hat, everyone is invited to read (more) 31 books in 31 days this August!

www.thesealeychallenge.com

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · 27d

Signing off for some much-needed rest 😴💤 but keeping the spirit of poetry alive!

Thank you to everyone who read, posted, shared, and engaged with poetry this August!

We’ll see you same time next year for the next #SealeyChallenge!

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Sep 4

How much poetry have we read together for the #sealeychallenge? Let's find out!

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2025 Sealey Challenge Survey

The Sealey Challenge has been an informal month-long poetic challenge since 2017, and we're curious to learn more about the experience of those who have participated. Please complete the survey below...

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Maestro Marvelous @maestromarvelous.bsky.social · Aug 31

And with that, the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social is complete!! #SealeyChallenge #ReadMorePoetry

Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Sep 3

You did it! Cheers to a wonderful month of reading poetry!

Don’t forget to claim your golden sealies + #SealeyChallenge postcards for a job well done! (Psst perfection isn't a requirement)

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 26

August is about to draw to a close, and our final #TuesdayTip is this: return to these books again and again. Which books of poetry have you (or do you plan to) come back to over and over—and what made them so special?

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 26

BINGO!!

If you want to play and win giveaway prizes, please check out the card here: static1.squarespace.com/static/60548...

And submit for freebies here: forms.gle/wE7J7pSjpGEF...

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 22

Over the past 9 years of the Sealey Challenge, the number of books of poetry we've read in community must be in the hundreds-of-thousands! Today we've gathered up 25 recommendations shared by the 2025 #SealeyChallenge community.

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25 Sealey Challenge Reads - Recommendations from the Community

Over the past 9 years of the Sealey Challenge, the number of books of poetry we've read in community must be in the hundreds-of-thousands, and today we've gathered up 25 recommendations (in no particu...

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 12

Happy Tuesday everyone! Today's #TuesdayTip is to listen to audiobooks or recordings of poetry readings on Voca. What's Voca? A treasure trove of poetry readings from the Poetry Center over the past 60+ years—all free, fully transcribed + captioned!

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 9

One of the core values of the #sealeychallenge is to engage with diverse voices. What new voices have you read this summer?

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 8

“The Sealey Challenge is all about attention. And what better way to spend that attention than listening to the voices of BIPOC poets, voices that have always been here, whispering truths...”

—Srijani Mitra @mitrasrupsha

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My Sealey Challenge - A Celebration of BIPOC Poets

The Sealey challenge has become a global poetic pilgrimage. There’s no formal registration, no rigid structure, just a simple, radical act: Read a poetry collection a day through the month of August. ...

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thrilled to share this year's shiny new #SealeyChallenge postcards, designed by Tucson artist Sophie McTear!

Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 5

Today's #Tuesdaytip : Your local library and the libby app are great resources, if you want access to free books this Sealey Summer! And if you live in Tucson, you're welcome to one of the largest public poetry library collections in the world at the University of Arizona Poetry Center!

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ready, set, READ! For suggestions where to start, check out our new list on the Sealey Challenge website, curated by Nicole Sealey and University or Arizona Poetry Library staff:

www.thesealeychallenge.com/start-here

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 2

Keep track of what you read this August with your Sealey Challenge certificate!

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#sealeychallenge #poetry

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 1

Stacks of books, lines from poems, recommendations, celebrations, and words of appreciation and encouragement: that's what the #SealeyChallenge is all about. Today marks another August wilding with poetry—welcome, everyone! And happy reading 🫶

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 1

love this! happy reading!

Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Aug 1

Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo!

#sealeychallenge #poetry

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 31

Psst, have you heard of #SealeyChallenge BINGO? We've got a whole new series of challenges and some amazing giveaways!

Get your bingo card here: www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/2025-Bingo...

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 31

The celebration starts tomorrow!! Can't wait to kick off an amazing month of reading with the whole #SealeyChallenge community!

“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton

“The Sealey Challenge, at heart, is a big, raucous, joyful celebration of poetry.” —Laura Sackton

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Maestro Marvelous @maestromarvelous.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Sealey Challenge starts tomorrow! @sealeychallenge.bsky.social #sealeychallenge

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 31

Basking in this June Jordan poem this morning:

"I am a stranger
learning to worship the strangers
around me

whoever you are
whoever I may become."

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 30

The #SealeyChallenge is two short days away—and you can pre-celebrate by listening to the special 50th episode of Poetry Centered, hosted by @nicolesealey.bsky.social herself!

Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...

Poetry Centered (Podcast) 50th episode hosted by Nicole Sealey

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 30

Incredibly generous to have free access to poetry. Thank you for sharing!

Alan Parry He/Him @alanparrywriter.co.uk · Jul 30

If you want to do the @sealeychallenge.bsky.social but are struggling for funds - this is one way forward.

Years and years of Ghost City's Summer Series avail for free.

These guys are my absolute favourite press. They do it right!

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University of Arizona Poetry Center @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social · Jul 30

Since the 2023 #SealeyChallenge, @nicolesealey.bsky.social has entrusted the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center with caring for this incredible month of reading poetry. Let's enter this poetic pilgrimage together as we pursue the radical joy of reading 31 books of poetry in 31 days.

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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · Jul 29

It's truly special—80,000 books, all poetry.

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