Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry: Five for Ten, featuring five Central Valley poets: Casey Giffen Daley Perry Cynthia Barstad Paloma Contreras Melchor Sahagun III Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Time: 7:00 pm PST Where: Bookish Modesto, 811 W. Roseburg Ave, in the Roseburg Square shopping center Open mic following …
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 …
Please join us at Bookish Modesto as we feature two tremendous Central Valley poets: Gillian Wegener and Marisol Baca. Marisol Baca teaches English, Literature, and Creative Writing at Fresno City College. She teaches Honors in the Leon S. Peters Honors Program, and she also teaches as a part of the RAIN program (Resources for American …
Please join host Gary Thomas at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Carnegie Arts Center (250 North Broadway Ave., Turlock, California) for a poetry reading featuring Lucille Lang Day and Carl Landauer. There will be light refreshments and an open mic time following the featured poets. This event is free and open to …
Join us for our December reading at The Dragonfly- Art for Life for a joyful open mic and potluck for members of Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center. We'd love to have you there! It's not too late to join MoSt--you can join at the door, even.
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 …
