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Apr 13
MoSt Brings Poetry to Schools!
Did you know that your donations to the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center help us increase the amount of poetry in elementary school students’ lives? One of our new efforts to promote poetry in Stanislaus County is Poetry Books for Schools, in which we donate brand-new sets of poetry books to school libraries around the county. Our …
Mar 02
2018 Poetry Festival Contest Winners
We are proud to congratulate our winning poets from the 2018 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: Arrivals and Departures 1st Place Winter Iris by Jennifer Lagier, Marina, CA 2nd Place BART Rides …
Jan 29
Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest Now Open
This contest is offered as a means of encouraging young writers throughout Stanislaus County and as a way to remember poet Aileen Jaffa, the founding President of the Poets of the San Joaquin and member of the Modesto Branch of the National League of American Pen Women. Any student enrolled in a Stanislaus County school, …
Nov 18
10th Annual New Year’s Poetry Challenge
It is time to sign up for the 10th annual NEW YEAR’S POETRY CHALLENGE! The NYPC will start on December 8 and run for 30 days. Each day we’ll send you a prompt and you can write a poem, save the prompt for later, change it to fit what you need, or delete immediately. Poets …
Oct 09
Join Our New Poetry Book Club
MoSt is pleased to announce the start of our Poetry Book Club! Starting in January 2018, we’ll meet four times a year and discuss a different book of poetry each time. Our first meeting will be on Wednesday, January 17 from 6:30 to 7:30 at the downtown library and our featured book will be LOOK …