EDITED: The deadline has been extended to January 1st!
Today is the deadline for our first annual Lee Nicholson-George Rogers Award! Read more about the contest here.
Sep 17
Announcing Our First Annual Student Chapbook Contest!
MoSt has established the annual LEE NICHOLSON – GEORGE ROGERS POETRY AWARD in remembrance of two beloved local poets. This is a contest open to all poets residing in Stanislaus County who are 16 to 25 years of age. Submission dates are September 15, 2016 to December 1, 2016.
For more information, visit the contest page!
Sep 17
Photos from the Poet Laureate Reception
Thanks to Board member Ann Williams Bailey, we have some lovely photos from this summer’s reception at the McHenry Museum celebrating outgoing Modesto Poet Laureate Gillian Wegener. It was a lovely and well-attended party with poetry, testimonials, and a nice spread of snacks. Thank you to all to contributed and attended, and a special thanks to the Modesto Culture Commission and City of Modesto Community and Economic Development Department for helping to organize the reception!
Second Tuesday @ Barkin’ Dog
Come join us at the Second Tuesday reading series at the Barkin’ Dog Grill! This month, our poets are Jerry Fleming and Melchor Sagahun, and as always, you are invited to stay for the open mic after the reading.
Also, we are giving away tickets to this year’s Ill List Poetry Slam! But you have to be here to win…so don’t miss this one!
Great Valley Bookfest
Come and see MoSt members and a panoply of authors from the Central Valley and beyond!
Celebrate the fun of reading with author talks, autographs, cooking demos, workshops, costume parade, contests, vendors, and books, books, books! — Admission is free!
MoSt president Gillian Wegener and board member Linda Scheller will be reading in the Poets’ Corner, and MoSt board member and treasurer Sarah Stevenson will be presenting in the afternoon on the Mystery! Thriller! Romance! stage. Dozens of authors will be available all day, chatting with readers and selling books in the Author Alley.
Take some time out on a Saturday to celebrate the love of reading! For more information, visit the Great Valley Bookfest website.
The Great Valley Bookfest is held at:
The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley (aka Bass Pro Center)
Highway 120 at Union Rd exit
280 Lifestyle Road
Manteca, CA 95337