Nov 14
We have officially posted information on our 7th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival, taking place on February 2, 2019, with featured Guest Poet Indigo Moor, Sacramento’s Poet Laureate. If you’ve never attended one of our festivals before, you can expect a day of poetry readings, workshops, luncheons, and you can even enter our annual poetry contest …
Nov 01
MODESTO-STANISLAUS POETRY CENTER THE THIRD ANNUAL LEE NICHOLSON – GEORGE ROGERS POETRY CONTEST CONTEST GUIDELINES MONETARY PRIZES!!! DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2019 ABOUT LEE NICHOLSON AND GEORGE ROGERS Beloved by generations of their students, Lee Nicholson and George Rogers dedicated much of their lives to teaching and inspiring the youth of our community. Lee Nicholson was …
Mar 07
The City of Modesto’s Poets’ Corner Contest is accepting submissions until this Friday, March 9, so get your poems in today! Winning entries will be published in a chapbook and poets invited to a public reading on May 6, 2018. Please use official Poets’ Corner guidelines and entry form (PDF) to submit your work.
Mar 02
We are proud to congratulate our winning poets from the 2018 Modesto Poetry Festival’s poetry contest. Names and winning poem titles are listed below by category. Thank you to everyone who attended for making this year’s event another success! Category: Arrivals and Departures 1st Place Winter Iris by Jennifer Lagier, Marina, CA 2nd Place BART Rides …
Jan 29
This contest is offered as a means of encouraging young writers throughout Stanislaus County and as a way to remember poet Aileen Jaffa, the founding President of the Poets of the San Joaquin and member of the Modesto Branch of the National League of American Pen Women. Any student enrolled in a Stanislaus County school, …
