The Annual Contest for the California Federation of Chaparral Poets is open! The entry fee is free for members, and $5 per poem for non-members. Submissions must be postmarked or e-mailed by midnight, January 31, 2021.
Deadline: Modesto Poem
In honor of Modesto’s 150th anniversary, MoSt invites you to contribute to a community collaborative poem! Write a quatrain (a four-line poem) celebrating what you love or appreciate or think is pretty true about Modesto. Everyone of all ages and poetic experience levels is welcome to submit. Send your Modesto poem to info@mostpoetry.org with Modesto Poem in the subject line. The deadline has been extended to March 8th, but why wait that long. Send your Modesto poem in today!
Help spread the word! Share this with your family and friends! Even people who don’t live in Modesto, but have a connection to Modesto are welcome to jump in and submit!
One quatrain per person, please, and we at MoSt reserve the right not to publish any quatrain that includes profanity or negativity beyond the scope of this project. We like honesty, but we won’t publish insult or injury.
Nov 24
Opt in for the 2020-2021 New Year’s Poetry Challenge!
An early welcome to NYPC 12!
This year’s NYPC will begin on December 15th. You’ll get your first prompt the night of the 14th! If you’d like to jump in and join this genial—and hopefully challenging—poetry maelstrom, email us at info@mostpoetry.org. You will receive a prompt a day for 30 days! You can choose to write to all the prompts, some of the prompts, or none of the prompts. It’s all for fun and to keep poetry swirling in the winter. Toward the end of the 30 days, we’ll put out a call for any poem you’d like to share in an NYPC chapbook.
Once again, Gary Thomas will be sending out poetry prompts and managing all matters NYPC-related.
If you’d like to participate, you need to opt in, even if you’ve done this in the past. That way no one who doesn’t want these prompts gets them. Please look for a follow-up “official” invitation to opt in by email—and feel free to pass this opportunity on to whomever you think might be interested! The more the merrier!
Nov 20
DEADLINE EXTENDED! NAACP Youth Video Contest
MoSt is proud to help co-sponsor this contest!
Do you use artistic expression to help cope with COVID-19 and its impact on your community? Can you record a 3-5 minute video showcasing your creative activities?
NAACP is hosting a Virtual Showcase for you to show off your talent! We are looking for individuals between the ages 14-25 to participate. Every participant will be given a T-Shirt for participation in addition to being placed into a drawing to win some prizes. Your video will be posted on many social media platforms & live TV! If you are 17 and under, please submit a Release Form with your parent signature, along with your video for complete submission. If you haven’t already, please check out our sample video of what we are looking for. In order to participate, you MUST be a resident of Stanislaus County.
The contest deadline has been extended to November 30th.
MoSt Board Meeting
Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday, December 3rd, at 6:30 pm via Zoom. If you are interested in attending, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.