September 18, 7-9PM, Zoom (click ZOOM for registration/link) *Poetry to the People Event*: Imagine SDPA Bilingual Volume Reading, co-hosted by SDPA Executive Editor, Michael Klam, SDPA Bilingual Volume Editor, Olga Garcia, and SDPA Marketing Coordinator, Alana Contreras-Rodriguez. Spanish/English poets and works from the SDPA will be presented. Contact Michael at sdpoetryannual@gmail.com to be added to the lineup….
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SDPA @ Spacebar w/ Jim Moreno + Imagine Bilingual SDPA Zoom w/ Olga Garcia
September 10, 3-5PM, Spacebar, *Poetry to the People Event*: SDPA Reading + Open Mic – with Jim Moreno, 7454 University Ave A, La Mesa, CA 91942. East County, here we come! FREE and open to all. Priority at the Mic for SDPA published poets. Thank you for your support, California Humanities! _______________________________ September 18, 7-9PM, Zoom, *Poetry to the People Event*: Imagine SDPA Bilingual Volume…
April Poetry in SD? Poets Laureate, Kowit Prize Winners + SDPA 2022-23
Friday, Apr 7 @ 6:30: Meet California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick and San Diego’s new Poet Laureate, Jason Magabo Perez. The poets laureate will be on hand at Central Library for The Steve Kowit Poetry Prize Ceremony. Register HERE. Details: Instagram @sdpoetryannual and SDPA website. Want to read? After-party poetry takeover open reading info: Poets…
2022-23 SDPA Reading + Carly DeMento + Open Mic @ Poets Underground
Tuesday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m.: Read poetry and be merry @ .modbom. (formerly Amplified, East Village, 1429 Island Ave, 92101). Let’s go Poets Underground! You’re invited to a preview reading of the 2022-23 San Diego Poetry Annual. Hosted by Michael Klam, Sunny Rey and Anthony Azzarito, SDPA poets feature and all local poets welcome…
San Diego Poetry Annual 2022-23 Out Now!
Join us for celebration readings and events, starting in March. SAVE THESE DATES! These gatherings will feature readings, prizes, and surprise guests of honor. Watch our socials (@sdpoetryannual) and read our newsletters for more information on how to sign up to read soon. Hope to see you there! All three volumes of the San Diego Poetry…
Poetry in Ocean, Author Panel + Open Reading @ Central Library, March 21
Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea (Library registration HERE). The ocean inspires, connects, sustains us. Artists, poets, musicians, surfers… beach-goers the world over share a deep admiration and respect for the sea. Poetry in Ocean: A Celebration of the Sunset, Surf and Sea panel and open reading was born of the…
SDWI First Friday with Tania Pryputniewicz and Leonora Simonovis, Feb. 3
Over the moon to be reading with Tania Pryputniewicz and Leonora Simonovis in person this afternoon, Fri., Feb. 3 @ 5:15, at Inspirations Gallery for SDWI’s First Friday Poetry Reading. Come, come! All the details here: 2023-02/03 (In Person) First Friday Poetry Reading | San Diego Writers, Ink
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…
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…
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