Happy New Year, and congratulations to our Pushcart Prize nominees from San Diego Poetry Annual! __________________________ I’m headed up to Escondido for the final reading of Summation 14 on Jan. 8 (details below). I’m over the moon to have a poem in the collection and to participate alongside the anthology’s extraordinary artists and poets. Robt…
San Diego Poetry Annual + San Diego Writers, Ink @ Inspirations Gallery
Sunday, November 20: SDPA reading and tribute to Seretta Martin from 5-7 pm at Inspirations Gallery • Liberty Station Barracks 16, Suite 204. Here are the details from from Judy Reeves: From 5-7 pm at Inspirations Gallery • Liberty Station Barracks 16, Suite 204, San Diego Writers, Ink and the San Diego Poetry Annual invite…
Author Jon Wesick, Artist Perry Vazquez + Nov. Events: Wandering Words, Poetry Karaoke, Year In Ink, Summation 14
I love Jon Wesick! He is a regional editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual. He has published hundreds of poems and stories in journals such as the Atlanta Review, Berkeley Fiction Review, New Verse News, Paterson Literary Review, Pearl, Pirene’s Fountain, Slipstream, Space and Time, and Tales of the Talisman. Jon is the author of the poetry collections Words of…
SDPA Open Reading @ Encinitas Library: Poetry Takeover! Oct. 22
Oct. 22 from 1-4 p.m. (SDPA open reading from 2-4 p.m.): The POETRY TAKEOVER! at Encinitas Library features a San Diego Poetry Annual reading in the Community Room hosted by the legendary Marit Anderson, a KIDS! San Diego Poetry Annual workshop and much more. Check out the flyer above, and hope to see you in the afternoon on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at…
Jimmy Jazz: New Book, CWP Audio Interview + Reading @ Twiggs
Jimmy Jazz is a writer from San Diego. Jimmy Jazz has written several books. Pirate Enclave Books is releasing his complete works. M-Theory (PE 2020) is a short story collection. His novels include The Sub (incommunicado 1996), House of the Unwed Mother, The Cadillac Tramps, Rube Goldberg Suicide Machine & Where Life is Inappropriate. His “magnum opus” The Book…
Poetry in Ocean, Author Panel + Open Reading @ Central Library, Oct. 14 Rescheduled!
From Central Library: Dear Supporter of the Library, As we celebrate the Padres going to the Division championship against our rival Los Angeles Dodgers, we recognize the logistical and personal challenges our guests would encounter by attempting to attend Poetry in Ocean which is happening at the same time and place for parking as the…
Annual SDPA Open Reading Hosted by Jim Moreno at Spacebar (9/11) + “Good Trouble” Book Release (9/8)
Sunday, Sept. 11 from 3-5:30 p.m.: San Diego Poetry Annual open reading, hosted by author Jim Moreno and sponsored by SDPA and Spacebar. All authors, fans of lit arts, and poets looking to publish are welcome. Come to watch, share, and celebrate. Sign up to read on the day of the event or by email at mkklam@gmail.com or text (619) 957-3264. Please indicate in your message whether…
Festival of Books 2022 w/ Swift & Sparrow Press (8/20)
Festival of Books (FOB) 2022 at USD this Saturday! Author Bethel Swift and I (and Klam fam) will be at Table #AA26 in the Kroc Peace and Justice Courtyard with our publications by Swift & Sparrow Press, Puna Press, San Diego Poetry Annual, and Cheeky Cat Paper. Thanks to Bethel for letting us join her! FOB…
SDPA Open Reading @ Mission Hills Library w/ Curran Jeffery & Bluestocking Books, Aug. 6
Saturday, Aug.6 from 1-2:30 p.m.: San Diego Poetry Annual reading, hosted by author Curran Jeffery and sponsored by SDPA and Bluestocking Books. All authors, fans of lit arts, and poets looking to publish are welcome. Come to watch, share, and celebrate. Sign up to read by email at mkklam@gmail.com or text (619) 957-3264. Please indicate in your message whether or not you’ve previously…
SDPA Reading (La Jolla 7/23) & Poetry by Ameya Pandit
Saturday, July 23, 2-5 p.m.: San Diego Poetry Annual reading with special guest Jack Webb, founder and director of the Border Voices Poetry Program. Join us at the La Jolla/Riford Library, located at 7555 Draper Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037. Hosted by Seretta Martin, Managing Editor, SDPA. All authors, fans of lit arts, and poets looking to publish are…
Conversations with Poets: Ying Wu and Ameerah Holliday (videos), and Jane Muschenetz (audio)
In this episode of Conversations with Poets (CWP), I chat with Ying Wu, poet and cognitive neuroscientist at UC San Diego. Ying edits Kids! San Diego Poetry Annual with fellow editor, literary agent, and poet Ameerah Holliday. Ying’s CWP interview took place in the Children’s section at Central Library. Click here for Ying and here…
New SDPA Website + Readings Trifecta: The Grove (6/26), SDWI (6/27), SDPA (6/28) @ Poets Underground
Submissions are open for the San Diego Poetry Annual. Submit your best, original, previously unpublished work on the new website here. Sunday, June 26, 2 – 3:30 pm.: Poets at the Grove‘s first reading of the summer goes down in the Cypress Grove Picnic Area on Balboa Drive, near the intersection of Quince and 6th Avenue (see map…
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