Oct 18
You’re invited to burn it all down to a pile of ashes (figuratively) so we can start all over again. Please join Modesto poet laureate Stella Beratlis, Shanyn Avila, and Tom Portwood us for a night of poetry & community & friendship. Featuring guests Manny Moreno, Lillian Vallee, members of the Hmong American Writers’ Circle, …
Apr 13
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
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 …
