June 21, City of Encinitas’ Ocean of Poetry Series, 1pm – 3pm, @ Encinitas library: Carly + Michael + SDPA/Community Open Mic: Celebrate the summer solstice and Father’s Day with two ocean-loving poets—North County’s own Carly Marie DeMento and surfer Michael Klam. Join them for the release of two new books—the 2025-2026 San Diego Poetry…
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Stay There, new book by Michael Klam, reviews, links… Get your copy now!
I finally made another book. It only took a few hundred years. Here are two reviews by CA Poet Laureate Lee Herrick and award-winning poet Jane Muschenetz; and you’ll find more reviews below. Please read and find the authors who’ve supported Stay There with a quote or two. I loved making this book and I…
2026! Twenty Years of SDPA, Celebrating Jim Moreno, SDPL Authors Showcase
Call for Submissions to Celebrate the Life of Jim Moreno, Jan. 1 – Jan. 30: January 24, 2026, 12:00-4:00pm: 2025 Local Author Exhibit of Books and Celebration. April 13, 2026, 6:30-8:30pm: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS! San Diego Poetry Annual 2025-26 Book Launch at Point Loma Library hosted by Michael Klam and Jane Muschenetz. Featured anthology readers and open to the public. Sign up to…
Poetry @ MCASD, IMWA Poetry Winners, SDPA Book Launch 4-13-26, Kowit Ceremony 4-21-26
SDPA 2024-25 cover photography by Fernando Phillipi. OCTOBER 15: SUBMISSIONS CLOSED for 2025-26 edition, REVIEWING PERIOD FOR EDITORS. Poets will be notified by email up until March 15, 2026. November 7, 2025 at 6:00 pm, Ensnaring the Moment: Book Reading with Leah Ollman & Rae Armantrout @ MCASD: Dear San Diego Poetry Annual Community, Join us…
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…
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…
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…
Poetry in Ocean Celebration with Hank Warner Surfboard Opportunity Drawing and More (Aug. 6)
August 6th: Poetry in OceanCelebrate the sunset, surf, and sea with a night of poetry! On Tuesday, August 6th at the Central Library Shiley Special Events Suite from 6-7:30PM, local artists and authors will come together for a panel, music, and refreshments, all hosted by SDPA’s Michael Klam. There will also be an ocean-themed open mic for all to join! Click to… Save your…
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…
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…
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