Category: Contests

New Contest: Aileen Jaffa Young Poets

Check out our contests section for information on a new poetry competition for K-12 students in Stanislaus County, the Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest! Winners will be honored with cash prizes and will be invited to read their work in a ceremony at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock. Read more about it on the …

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Fourth Annual Modesto Poetry Festival & Contest

The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is proud to announce its 4th Annual Poetry Festival featuring workshops with special guests Troy Jollimore and Heather Altfeld, luncheon, and poetry contest. 9:30 am – 4 pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1528 Oakdale Road, Modesto. $30 for MoSt members; $35 for non-members. (Hint: you should join.) *Participants are encouraged …

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Announcing the NCWMF Contest Winners!

CONGRATULATIONS to our winners and honorable mentions and to all those who submitted their poems to the first annual Northern California Women’s Music Festival poetry contest! It was an honor and a privilege to read your work. 1st Place — Iris Jamahl Dunkle, “Instructions for Sailing Around the Cape” 2nd Place — Helen Wickes, “Old-Time …

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Contest Alert! NCWMF Poetry Contest Deadline Sep. 1

The deadline for the inaugural Northern California Women’s Music Festival Poetry Contest, being held in conjunction with the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center, is coming fast–September 1st! The contest is open to ALL Northern California poets, not just guys, so submit your work soon. There is no charge to enter. For more information, please visit our contest …

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Submission Opportunity: The Biggest Valley

SEEKING POEMS The Biggest Valley: Poems from California’s Heartland will showcase poems written by individuals who were born, raised, or have lived or worked for at least five or more years in California’s Central Valley. The anthology will be published by Sugartown Publishing in the spring of 2016. Deadline is August 30. Download the PDF …

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