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 …
Join us for our open Annual Meeting and potluck and find out how you can get involved in promoting poetry in our community! For more information, email info@mostpoetry.org
Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for Making a Poem: The Beauty of Form with Salvatore Salerno. All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Stanislaus County Library.
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:
Our next Board meeting is Thursday, August 3 at 6:30 at Tom Portwood’s home–email info@mostpoetry.org 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, …
