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 @ SDPF24 Coda, UCSD Cross-Cultural Center: Table and Readings
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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…
Imagine/SDPA on Zoom (9/18) and @ Libélula Books & Co. (9/27)
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….
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…
SDPA’s Imagine @ Feria del Libro Tijuana, Hosted by Mónica Morales and Michael Klam
Thursday, July 13 @ 5:30 p.m. at the Centro Cultural in Tijuana: Lit fans, writers, and translators unite! Come join hosts Mónica Morales and Michael Klam in Tijuana as we celebrate Imagine, the 2023 bilingual edition of San Diego Poetry Annual. The reading and events will take place during the Feria del Libro Tijuana @…
3MT, Wandering Words, Cal Hum, SDPA & CWP
Monday, June 12, 1-3 p.m. @ Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, Sapphire Ballroom: I’m honored to be one of the judges for Three Minute Thesis (3MT) at IMS Microwave Week. HERE and HERE are the details. And find the invitation HERE on eventbrite. Come blow your mind with the possibilities. _________________________________ Wednesday, June 14, 6:30-9:30…
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…
Conversations with Poets: Ron Salisbury, Rudy Francisco (videos); Poetry of Resilience Reading, Oct 22
Check out Conversations with Poets, a new local poetry video series sponsored by San Diego Public Library, San Diego Entertainment and Arts Guild, and San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. Please like and subscribe. Also, hope to see you on the 22nd! Come watch, read, and celebrate this culmination event for SD Poet Laureate…
Poet’s Tree Live @ Old Globe & $1,000 Kowit/SDPA Submissions Open!
The times are changing! San Diegans began the transition back to work and school months ago. And now that summer is upon us, we are, albeit cautiously, off the sofa and off our screens and out the door! The beaches and pubs and restaurants and playhouses are calling! If you are ready and looking for…
SDPA June 11 & 18 Open Readings
Calling all poets, SDPA authors, returning poets, and newcomers! The second round of SDPA 2020-21 virtual anthology readings is upon us! We have two dates available, Friday, June 11 and Friday, June 18. Both of these Zoom readings will run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Poets can choose to read at one or both events….