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    Welcome 2025-2026 Youth Poet Laureate: Reading & Reception

    Modesto Junior College West Campus 2201 Blue Gum Avenue, Modesto, CA, United States

    We’ll be celebrating our incoming youth poet laureate, Valentina Zeff, at a reading/reception at Modesto Junior College’s Science Community Center.  Come listen to a few poems, meet youth poets, and learn about the youth poet laureate program. Valentina Zeff is a sixteen-year-old poet from Modesto, California who is currently enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program …

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  • Author Bio Workshop & Youth Poet Laureate Q & A

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    Mini Author Biography Workshop & Youth Poet Laureate Q & A Valentina Zeff, current Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate, answers your questions!  Join us on Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. as Youth Poet Laureate Valentina Zeff shares tips on how to write an author bio.  This is great to have when you're submitting …

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  • Mini Workshop for Teen Poets: How to Write a Tiny Poem

    Woven Words Tiny Poem Contest: Teen Voices from the Central Valley, presented by MoSt Poetry's Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate program, is now open for submissions from Stanislaus County high school students grades 9-12. Poets are invited to submit 1-3 very short poems (3-5 lines). The contest is free and open to anyone living in or …

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  • Youth Poet Laureate workshop

    Mini-Workshop for Teens: Write a Tiny Poem – Contest Deadline Jan. 31

    Mini Workshop & Youth Poet Laureate Q & A Valentina Zeff, current Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate, answers your questions! Teens are invited to join Valentina on Zoom on one (or both!) of these two dates: Saturday, January 17 and Saturday, January 24, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Valentina shares great tips on how to write a …

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  • Write a Tiny Poem Workshop Postponed until February–date TBA

    Mini Workshop & Youth Poet Laureate Q & A Zoom workshop has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstance. Please return to this page to see future workshops during the month of February!  WOVEN WORDS Youth Poetry Contest deadline extended: February 28, 2026.        Valentina Zeff, current Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate, answers your …

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