Category: Events

Reading/Open Mic & Book Launch Tues Nov 26

Gary Thomas book launch & reading Nov. 26 7 pm

Attend the Reading and Book Launch for Gary Thomas’s O YES WE BREATHE at Prospect Theater Project on Tuesday Nov. 26 at 7 pm.

The Letter: Writing Resistance in Epistolary Poems

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Please check our Events for details on this free poetry workshop scheduled for September 19, 2020 at 1:00 pm.

Meter Maids to read at Second Tuesday Reading Sep 8

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Please check our Events page for the September 8 Second Tuesday Poetry Reading featuring the METER MAIDS.

COVID-19 Updates to Poetry Events

It is with deep regret that we’ve cancelled this year’s annual benefit for the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center which was scheduled for April 5. It is more important that all our supporters and friends stay well and safe, so we are forgoing the benefit this year. We won’t be rescheduling, but we do hope to be …

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Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest

Co-sponsored by MoSt (Modesto Stanislaus Poetry Center) and the National League of American Penwomen (NLAPW), Modesto chapter. Read the complete rules and download the entry form HERE. 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 …

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