Welcome to Souwesto Poetry Review

SPR will be publishing an anthology showcasing the poets and poetry of the Souwesto region of Ontario, Canada.

Our mission

If you live in or have roots in one of the following 15 counties (and the towns & cities therein) then you are Souwesto: Essex, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Huron, Bruce, Grey, Dufferin, Wellington, Waterloo, Brant.

Souwesto Poetry Review will be showcasing the current writing of the region's poets in an upcoming anthology, scheduled to be published in the latter half of June, 2026. The literary journal itself is on indefinite hold for the time being.

We are also hosting the Parnassus Poetry Series this summer in Leamington, Ontario!

Explore our journal

Wade into a world of words and literary insight. Our journal features a variety of poetic styles and themes, carefully curated to offer a rich reading experience for all poetry enthusiasts.

Anthology in June!

Souwesto: a collection of regional poetry will be available in June!

Archives

In the future, browse through our  issues and discover timeless poetic works. This page will go live if there are back issues.

Submit your poetry

Share your voice with the world. We welcome submissions from poets of all backgrounds who are connected to Souwesto.

Reading schedule

Find out when our next poetry readings and events are scheduled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About SPR

 

 

Based in Leamington, Ontario, Souwesto Poetry Review is an online community experience based on sharing our words with one another and with the greater online world. An anthology (published both digitally and in print) is forthcoming in the latter half of June, 2026.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Souwesto Poetry Review acknowledges that the immediate area on which our journal is published (termed Leamington and Essex County) is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomie Peoples, and specifically, the traditional territory of the Caldwell First Nation. We value the significant historical and contemporary contributions of local and regional First Nations and all of the Original Peoples of Turtle Island, to whom we are sincerely grateful for the continued benefits from their millennia-long stewardship of these ancestral lands.

Connect with us

Our home

Leamington, Ontario, Canada