SDPA 2021-22 in person @ Point Loma Library, April 11

Register here to participate or watch and celebrate this year’s SDPA authors in person: SDPA at Point Loma Library Registration (Registration says “virtual,” but this reading will be in person only.) Monday · April 11, 2022 · 6:30pmMarla Haas Community Room, Point Loma Library, 3701 Voltaire St, San Diego, CA 92107 You can register (SDPA…

Poetry of Resilience–From Haiku to Free Verse at Downtown Library

Details and registration here: https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/events/poetry-resilience-haiku-free-verse Join us on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 from 4-6 p.m. for a star-studded poetry event at the downtown San Diego Public Library (SDPL). This program, featuring San Diego’s most recognized poets, is part of SDPL’s quarter-long project, The Rebellious Miss Breed: San Diego Public Library and the Japanese American Incarceration. This…

Kids! SDPA Virtual and Hybrid Poetry Workshops for Ages 6-12

Kids writing poetry! Here are two great workshops for kids and families: There is an online event tomorrow afternoon, Nov 2 at 4:00. (Sorry for the late notice).  There is a second hybrid event (online and in person) at the San Ysidro Library on Nov 8.   Below is info and registration for both: Tuesday, November…

Bluestocking Books/SDPA Virtual Reading, Aug. 1

Join author/host Curran Jeffery, SDPA Publisher Anthony Blacksher, and Bluestocking Books’ owner Kris Nelson for our next virtual San Diego Poetry Annual reading on Aug. 1 from 5:00 p.m. to 6::30 p.m. 2020-21 published authors will receive priority, followed by previous SDPA published authors and open mic guest readers. Flier, meeting link, event details, and…

National Poetry Month! SDPA Reading, April 7 at 6:30 p.m.

Join us for our National Poetry Month first reading of the 2020-21 San Diego Poetry Annual. Pre-register for the reading here (to get the Zoom link and general info): Friends of the Library Virtual Author Talk: San Diego Poetry Annual 2020-21 | San Diego Public Library (librarymarket.com) To find out more about the annual, submissions, and…

SDPA 2020-21 published, MOXIE Theatre and The Bench!

MOXIE Theatre & The Electric Company Theatre PresentI And You by Lauren GundersonDirected by Callie Prendiville From MOXIE’s Stage to Your ScreenMarch 5, 2021 is San Diego Poetry Annual Night, featuring post-show Q&A with SDPA’s Michael Klam and Anthony Blacksher! With over 200 productions worldwide and penned by America’s most produced living playwright, I AND YOU is…

Last of 2020 Poets at the Bench featuring Sage and Klam

From Deborah Ramos, host of Poets at the Bench: Please join the global community for our next online Poets at the Bench on Sunday, Nov. 29, at 3 p.m.  I am honored to have two featured poets for the last Zoom bench of the year, Michael Klam and Sage. Sage is a 15-year-old creative, growing up in San Diego, Calif. As a San Diego High…

Mary F. Lenox, Broken Anchor Poetry Zoom, Saturday, June 27, 1:00 p.m.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mary F. Lenox is a poet, writer, speaker, and educator. She was a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the School of Library and Information Science, later serving as dean for 12 years. She is the author of two books of poetry, Threads of Grace: Selected Poems (2015) and Riches…

Kowit Kickoff, Submissions open for SDPA

Thanks to all who came out for the last Poetry & Art event at the San Diego Art Institute, and thanks to feature reg e gaines! Join the San Diego Poetry Annual on July 10 from 6:30-8pm at the Central Library’s Neil Morgan Auditorium for the Kowit Kickoff open mic. Submissions are now open for…

Poetry & Art Series @ SDAI, April 12

On Friday, April 12, Poetry & Art Series 2019 at the San Diego Art Institute (SDAI) presents Connect, a reading by renowned authors Kimberly Dark, Malachi Black, Jennifer Minniti-Shippey, Mario DeMatteo, minerva, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, and Gerardo Navarro, a.k.a. Nemónico. People’s Choice open mic follows. Hosted by Michael Klam and Jim Moreno. DJ Gill Sotu will provide music…