Beltway: Quarterly online journal of poetry by DC-area authors. Includes current issue, archives, news, and links.
DC Slam: Poetry slam team. Schedules for slams and other events, as well as information on team members.
DCPoetry: Promotes alternative, avant-garde, experimental and non-mainstream poetry. Features anthologies and reading reviews.
Federal Poets: Oldest continuously active poetry group in the Washington, DC area, founded in 1944. Holds monthly meetings to read and discuss members' work and publishes a semiannual anthology.
The Word Works: This non-profit literary organization sponsors readings, workshops, and poetry contests, including the annual Washington Prize for a book-length poetry manuscript. Site has calendar of readings and other events and online bookstore.