March 11th is the deadline for this year's Modesto Poets' Corner contest! The guidelines are up at https://www.modestogov.com/prnd/poet_corner.asp. Share the link and let everyone and their parents know that this contest is out there!
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, …
This very special reading will feature the winning youth poets from the Aileen Jaffa Poetry Contest, administered by MoSt and the Modesto Chapter of the National League of American Pen Women. Please join us! Download the PDF flyer here. Read more about the competition on our Contests page.
EDITED: The deadline has been extended to January 1st! Today is the deadline for our first annual Lee Nicholson-George Rogers Award! Read more about the contest here.
Each year in February we organize and hold an all-day poetry festival featuring workshops, readings, and a featured poet. This year, we are proud to welcome featured poet Susan Wooldridge as our guest poet and workshop leader. Join us on Saturday, February 4th, 2017 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Modesto for a day of …
Today is the postmark deadline. Please see the Aileen Jaffa contest page for more information!
