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 …
Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Inaugural Poet Laureate of Manteca Tara Rico and San Luis Obispo poet Juan Luzuriaga Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm PST Where: Bookish Modesto, 811 W. Roseburg Ave, in the Roseburg Square shopping center The reading is free; drinks, snacks, and books …
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 …
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 …
