AILEEN JAFFA YOUNG POETS CONTEST Co-sponsored by MoSt (Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center) and the National League of American Penwomen (NLAPW), Modesto chapter. 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 Poets of the San Joaquin and …
Join us at McHenry Museum on Sunday, June 4 at 1 pm for a reading featuring the winners of the 2023 Poet's Corner Contest, sponsored by the City of Modesto. For contest information, please visit the City of Modesto Poet's Corner page. (Contest info will be updated soon.)
Please join us to celebrate our finalists for the Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate contest 2023-2024. Meet our finalists, Janelle Yulo of Modesto and Zoe Byron of Oakdale, and our Youth Poet Laureate Faith Delgado. With readings and refreshments. At The Loft, 3rd floor of the Carnegie Arts Center, Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate program …
Bring Poetry Out Loud to your school! Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry Recitation Contest for high school students that starts at the school level with students memorizing and reciting poems. School winners move on to the county contest run by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center in early February 2024. The finalist there goes on to …
Speak Your Silence is a reading on December 16, 2023 at the Turlock Library in remembrance of Sandy Hook (Dec. 14 is the Sandy Hook Day of Remembrance). Speak Your Silence, a student-led campaign organized by Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Faith Delgado, is intended to address and combat all types of violence that occurs …
January 13, 2024. Future Youth Poets Laureate, Unite! In this first gathering, learn about the Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate program and learn tips for completing the contest application, which is due Jan. 27. Read on to find out about this monthly series. Painless Poetry: Workshops for Aspiring Teen Poets/Spoken Word Performers Join Faith Delgado, …
