HoCoPoLitSo’s 50th Anniversary Celebration will include a variety of events and programing, some presented in partnership with others:

• Aug 19, 2024 Announcement of Nigerian American fiction writer and essayist Tope Folarin, Writer in Residence, Howard County Public School System
• Sept. 19, 2024 Bauder Lecture featuring Dominican American Elizabeth Acevedo
  2022-2024 Young People’s Poet Laureate, slam champion, young adult author and novelist, interviewed by Celeste Doaks, Smith Theatre, HCC
• Sept. 23, 2024 Announcement of Howard County Youth Poet Laureate by County Executive Calvin Ball, Busboys and Poets
• Oct. 7, 2024 HoCoPoLitSo Donor Appreciation Party featuring Howard County Poet Laureate Truth Thomas, Seasons 52, The Mall in Columbia
• Oct. 27, 2024 Lucille Clifton Reading Series: Writing the Land featuring spoken word artist Patti Ross, poet and entomologist Hiram Larew and bilingual poet Naomi Ayala, Howard County Conservancy
• Nov. 2, 2024 Howard County Arts Council Gala featuring reading by Poet Laureate Truth Thomas, Smith Theatre, HCC
• Jan. 26, 2025 Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize reading, Little Patuxent Review publication launch, The Carriage House in Columbia
• Feb. 15, 2025 HoCoPoLitSo presents 47th Annual Irish Evening featuring Sean Edward Hewitt, Smith Theatre, Howard Community College
• April 24, 2025 Howard Community College presents Blackbird Poetry Festival in partnership with HoCoPoLitSo, Howard Community College
• May 10, 2025 Books in Bloom 2025: HoCoPoLitSo presents Poetry+, Color Burst Park, Downtown Columbia
• August 2025 Announcement of 2025-2026 Writer in Residence
• September 2025 Bauder Lecture
• November 2025 HoCoPoLitSo 50th Anniversary FINALE