Category: Announcements

Opt in for the 2020-2021 New Year’s Poetry Challenge!

An early welcome to NYPC 12!   This year’s NYPC will begin on December 15th.   You’ll get your first prompt the night of the 14th!  If you’d like to jump in and join this genial—and hopefully challenging—poetry maelstrom, email us at info@mostpoetry.org.  You will receive a prompt a day for 30 days!  You can choose to write …

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DEADLINE EXTENDED! NAACP Youth Video Contest

MoSt is proud to help co-sponsor this contest! Do you use artistic expression to help cope with COVID-19 and its impact on your community? Can you record a 3-5 minute video showcasing your creative activities? NAACP is hosting a Virtual Showcase for you to show off your talent! We are looking for individuals between the …

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NAACP Youth Video Contest Looking for Entries!

NAACP Flyer

MoSt is proud to help co-sponsor this contest! Do you use artistic expression to help cope with COVID-19 and its impact on your community? Can you record a 3-5 minute video showcasing your creative activities? NAACP is hosting a Virtual Showcase for you to show off your talent! We are looking for individuals between the …

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Guidelines for the Amplify Poets of Color Project

Amplify Poets of Color

Greetings, MoSt Poetry members! Thank you for considering sharing the poetry you find especially moving, inspiring, or amazing by Poets of Color. This group includes Black poets, but also Indigenous/Native American poets, Hispanic/Chicano/Latinx poets, and poets of Middle Eastern, East Indian, and Asian descent. We are sharing this poetry on the MoSt Facebook page (and …

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COVID-19 Updates to Poetry Events

It is with deep regret that we’ve cancelled this year’s annual benefit for the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center which was scheduled for April 5. It is more important that all our supporters and friends stay well and safe, so we are forgoing the benefit this year. We won’t be rescheduling, but we do hope to be …

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