Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for the Awards Ceremony for this year's Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest! First, second and third place winners in each category will receive cash awards from the MoSt Poetry Center. Prizes are: First Place $25, Second Place $15, Third Place $10. In addition, the Modesto …
MoSt is excited to announce that California Poet Laureate, Dana Gioia, will be at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for a reading and conversation. This event is free and open to all, so please join us for a wonderful evening of poetry. See below for more information:
Join us for a great reading this Tuesday, August 8 at the Barkin' Dog in downtown Modesto at 6:00. This month's poets are Modesto's own Gordon Preston and William O'Daly. William O’Daly has translated eight books of poetry by Pablo Neruda, all published with Copper Canyon Press. He’ll publish his ninth book of Neruda’s poetry, …
Our Poetry on Sunday quarterly reading series at Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock continues on August 27 at 2 pm–feel free to print and distribute the flyer, available as a PDF right here. Featured readers: Sy Margaret Baldwin was born and raised in the West Midlands of England. Presently she lives in the Sierra of California …
September's 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on September 12 at 6:00 at the Barkin' Dog! Our featured poets are Erica Goss and Ed Coletti. Erica Goss served as Poet Laureate of Los Gatos, California from 2013-2016. She is the author of Night Court (2014, Pushpen Press) and Vibrant Words: Ideas and Inspirations for Poets (2012, …
October's 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on Tuesday, October 10 at 6:00 at the Barkin' Dog! Our featured readers are Andrena Zawinski and Jim Beggs. Andrena Zawinski was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA but has made the San Francisco Bay Area her home since 2000. Her latest collection of poetry is Landings. She has …
