SDPA Partnering with @KPBS San Diego Book Festival, Aug 23 + Spacebar, Bilingual Zoom, SDWI

Sept 14, 3pm, San Diego Poetry Annual @ Spacebar with host Jim Moreno in person and on Zoom. (Sign up or get involved by email: sdpoetryannual@gmail.com) Instagram: @sdpoetryannual SDPA 2024-25 cover photography by Fernando Phillipi. Sept. 23, 7pm-8:30pm, SDPA Zoom, edición bilingüe: Todos invitados a participar en la lectura de su poema y traducción publicados en Cantos, Anuario de Poesía…

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SDPA Submissions are open! Upcoming events…

July 1-August 15th (extended), Poetry Contest! SDPA is proud to partner with International Memoir Writers Association and SD Writers Festival to co-sponsor the new Poetry component of their acclaimed Memoir Showcase. $5/poem reading fee goes to subsidize production costs. Preciously published poems accepted – read the full submission guidelines here. Now in its 11th year, the 2026 showcase will be performed…

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San Diego Poetry Annual 2024-25, Cantos, Events

SDPA 2024-25 cover photography by Fernando Phillipi. April 19, 3:00pm-5:00pm: SDPA at Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Branch Library with host Charlie Berigan. Sign up to read and get details at sdpoetryannual@gmail.com or SDPA Instagram: @sdpoetryannual. April 22, 6:00pm-8:30pm: Steve Kowit Poetry Prize at Central Library hosted by Bill Harding, Valarie Hastings and Michael Klam. Sign up to…

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Live Interview and Elixir Reading with Chus Pato, Winner of the 2024 Spanish National Poetry Prize

Nov. 14, 11am: Elixir Reading and Conversation with Chus Pato / Lectura de Elíxir y Conversación con Chus Pato: SDPA and Conversations with Poets present a special online live video interview with 2024 Spanish National Poetry Prize Winner, Chus Pato. Select readings from the 2023-24 Elixir SDPA, which features one of Chus Pato’s poems, will follow. Join Elixir Editors, Olga García and…

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Verbatim Books Poetry Harvest + Craxioms Not to Miss, Bob Kaufman SDPF24

Sat, Sept 21, 7:15 pm, Verbatim Books because… well, Verbatim and Daniela Sow, The Jane, Amelia Rodriguez. Carly Marie DeMento?! Where’s my sea foam? @verbatim.books, @sdpoetryannual —————————- Past Extraordinary Event. I fell ill. Tues, Sept. 10, 6-8 pm, SDPL University Branch, 4155 Governor Drive, poetry and a movie about Bob because… Bob Kaufman promised and…

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Poetic Legacy feat. Adam Greenfield (6/28), SDPA Veterans @ SDWI (6/29) w/ Veterans Billiekai Boughton + Jim Moreno

June 28, 3-5pm, Poetic Legacy hosted by Christophver R and Pat Andrus, featuring SDPA editor Adam Greenfield in person at The Senior Lounge, 1650 El Prado, Suite 105, (in the Casa Del Prado Building, next To The Reflection Pond). Poetic Legacy workshops focus on a single poet’s work, Adam Greenfield’s this time. After listening, reading, reciting… participants have…

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SDPA Readings with Poets Underground (5/2) and Poets INC (5/5) + National Poetry Month (in review)

Our Poetry to the People outreach events over the 2023-24 year were made possible with generous support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org. We are grateful for their work on behalf of the local arts community! *Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily…

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SDPA 2023-24 Events + Cover Art + Margarita Pintado Book Launch

Feb. 27, Tues., @ 4 pm in the Fermanian Conference Center at Point Loma Nazarene University: Margarita Pintado has published another beautiful book. Katie Manning and I have been invited to read a few poems from Ojo en Celo / Eye in Heat, University of Arizona Press, 2023. I’m honored to be part of the…

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