Sealey Challenge
@sealeychallenge.bsky.social
a community challenge to read one book of poems every day for the month of august. challenge begins august 1! 📚 ✨#sealeychallenge
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“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
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
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!
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!
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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!
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!
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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September 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
How much poetry have we read together for the #sealeychallenge? Let's find out!
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September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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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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Don’t forget to claim your golden sealies + #SealeyChallenge postcards for a job well done! (Psst perfection isn't a requirement)
forms.gle/N9735imfCHq6...
September 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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)
forms.gle/N9735imfCHq6...
Don’t forget to claim your golden sealies + #SealeyChallenge postcards for a job well done! (Psst perfection isn't a requirement)
forms.gle/N9735imfCHq6...
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?
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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?
BINGO!!
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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...
August 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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...
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...
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.
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/25-seal...
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/25-seal...
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...
poetry.arizona.edu
August 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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.
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/25-seal...
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/25-seal...
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!
voca.arizona.edu
voca.arizona.edu
August 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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!
voca.arizona.edu
voca.arizona.edu
One of the core values of the #sealeychallenge is to engage with diverse voices. What new voices have you read this summer?
August 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One of the core values of the #sealeychallenge is to engage with diverse voices. What new voices have you read this summer?
“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
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/sealey-...
—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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August 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“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
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/sealey-...
—Srijani Mitra @mitrasrupsha
poetry.arizona.edu/blog/sealey-...
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...
Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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...
Get yours by visiting the Poetry Center, or requesting them online through our google form: forms.gle/UHGejuzT9SUk...
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!
August 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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!
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
www.thesealeychallenge.com/start-here
August 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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
www.thesealeychallenge.com/start-here
Keep track of what you read this August with your Sealey Challenge certificate!
www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/Sealey-Cer...
#sealeychallenge #poetry
www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/Sealey-Cer...
#sealeychallenge #poetry
www.thesealeychallenge.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Keep track of what you read this August with your Sealey Challenge certificate!
www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/Sealey-Cer...
#sealeychallenge #poetry
www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/Sealey-Cer...
#sealeychallenge #poetry
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 🫶
August 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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 🫶
Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo!
#sealeychallenge #poetry
#sealeychallenge #poetry
August 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Welcome to DAY 1 of the 2025 #SealeyChallenge! 31 books of poetry in 31 days: let's goooooooo!
#sealeychallenge #poetry
#sealeychallenge #poetry
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...
Get your bingo card here: www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/2025-Bingo...
July 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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...
Get your bingo card here: www.thesealeychallenge.com/s/2025-Bingo...
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
July 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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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The Sealey Challenge starts tomorrow! @sealeychallenge.bsky.social #sealeychallenge
July 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Sealey Challenge starts tomorrow! @sealeychallenge.bsky.social #sealeychallenge
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."
poets.org/poem/these-p...
"I am a stranger
learning to worship the strangers
around me
whoever you are
whoever I may become."
poets.org/poem/these-p...
July 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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."
poets.org/poem/these-p...
"I am a stranger
learning to worship the strangers
around me
whoever you are
whoever I may become."
poets.org/poem/these-p...
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...
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...
July 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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...
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1165454/epis...
Incredibly generous to have free access to poetry. Thank you for sharing!
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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Years and years of Ghost City's Summer Series avail for free.
These guys are my absolute favourite press. They do it right!
ghostcitypress.com/summer-serie...
About — Ghost City Press
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July 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Incredibly generous to have free access to poetry. Thank you for sharing!
Reposted by Sealey Challenge
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.
July 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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.
Love the idea of regionally curated lists—what poets from your neck of the woods could you read this summer?
A list of poetry books for ya if you wanted to do a @sealeychallenge.bsky.social - New Orleans poets edition! Feel free to share!
Note: This is NOT an exhaustive list. :)
Note: This is NOT an exhaustive list. :)
July 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Love the idea of regionally curated lists—what poets from your neck of the woods could you read this summer?
Don't forget about chapbooks! Today's #TuesdayTip is to include chapbooks in your Sealey Challenge reading! And if you live in Tucson, The Poetry Center has many chapbooks you can browse in-person
July 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Don't forget about chapbooks! Today's #TuesdayTip is to include chapbooks in your Sealey Challenge reading! And if you live in Tucson, The Poetry Center has many chapbooks you can browse in-person