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Annual Student Chapbook Contest Now Open!

MODESTO-STANISLAUS POETRY CENTERTHE FOURTH ANNUAL LEE NICHOLSON – GEORGE ROGERS POETRY CONTESTCONTEST GUIDELINESMONETARY PRIZES!!! DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2020 ABOUT LEE NICHOLSON AND GEORGE ROGERS Beloved by generations of their students, Lee Nicholson and George Rogers dedicated much of their lives to teaching and inspiring the youth of our community. Lee Nicholson was an instructor at …

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Join us at the Great Valley Bookfest!

Great Valley Bookfest Flyer

Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is once again pleased to announce that we will have a table at the Great Valley Bookfest, and our own Modesto Poet Laureate Stella Beratlis will be hosting the Poets’ Corner featuring an exciting list of poets from our region. The Great Valley Bookfest takes place on October 12th from 10am to …

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Poetry This Week!

August and September are great months for poetry in Stanislaus County–especially this week! Don’t forget to come to the Barkin’ Dog on Tuesday the 13th for our monthly Second Tuesday reading, featuring Pos Moa and Yu-Han Chao (more details here). Also, we’ve got two events coming up this weekend–our penultimate Summer Poetry Workshop for this …

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Poetry Books for Schools in Spring 2019

This past month, MoSt purchased and donated sets of brand-new kids’ poetry books to five more elementary schools: Paradise Elementary, Walter M. Brown Elementary (Turlock), Orville Wright Elementary, Denair Elementary, and Martone Elementary. The photo here shows MoSt board member Salvatore Salerno delivering the books to Paradise Elementary School. Your memberships and donations make programs …

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2019 Poetry Festival Contest Winners

We are proud to congratulate our winning poets from the 2019 Modesto Poetry Festival’s poetry contest. Names and winning poem titles are listed below by category. Thank you to everyone who attended for making this year’s event another success! Category:  The Edge of the Sea Second Honorable Mention: Sea Shells by Roberta BeardenSecond Honorable Mention: …

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