Please check our Events page for the September 8 Second Tuesday Poetry Reading featuring the METER MAIDS.
Category: Readings
Feb 29
Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest
Co-sponsored by MoSt (Modesto Stanislaus Poetry Center) and the National League of American Penwomen (NLAPW), Modesto chapter. Read the complete rules and download the entry form HERE. 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 …
Jan 30
City of Modesto Poets’ Corner Contest for 2020
The Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department and the City of Modesto’s Poets’ Corner Committee are pleased to offer an Annual Poets’ Corner Contest. The contest is open to all Stanislaus County residents and offers two categories for poetry entries: Any kind of poetry on any subject, rhymed or unrhymed. Free verse and form welcome. Group …
Aug 11
Poetry This Week!
August and September are great months for poetry in Stanislaus County–especially this week! Don’t forget to come to the Barkin’ Dog on Tuesday the 13th for our monthly Second Tuesday reading, featuring Pos Moa and Yu-Han Chao (more details here). Also, we’ve got two events coming up this weekend–our penultimate Summer Poetry Workshop for this …
Nov 14
Registration Now Open for Modesto Poetry Festival 2019
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 …