SDPA Subs Close Oct. 15, SDPA Book Launch 4-13-26, Kowit Ceremony 4-21-26

SDPA 2024-25 cover photography by Fernando Phillipi.

OCTOBER 15: SUBMISSIONS CLOSED for 2025-26 edition, REVIEWING PERIOD FOR EDITORS. Poets will be notified by email up until March 15, 2026.

Apr. 13, 2026, 6:30-8:30pm, CELEBRATING 20 YEARS! San Diego Poetry Annual 2025-26 Book Launch at Point Loma Library hosted by Michael Klam and Jane Muschenetz. Featured anthology readers and open to the public. Sign up to read and get details at sdpoetryannual@gmail.com or SDPA Instagram: @sdpoetryannual.

April 21, 2026, 6pm-8:30pm: Steve Kowit Poetry Prize at Central Library hosted by Bill Harding, Valarie Hastings and Michael Klam. Sign up to volunteer and get details at sdpoetryannual@gmail.com or SDPA Instagram: @sdpoetryannual.

*Ash pin by Anya Klam

——————Past Events—————–

Sept. 23, 7pm-8:30pm, SDPA Bilingual Edition Zoom: All anthologized poets are invited to participate in reading your poem and translation published in Cantos, San Diego/Tijuana Poetry Annual 2024-25. Hosts: Editors Olga García and Michael Klam.
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83687397418?pwd=LHypMQomXKhW0ooAbsbKma6RwmOSPg.1

Meeting ID: 836 8739 7418
Passcode: 848632

Sept 14, 3pm, San Diego Poetry Annual @ Spacebar with host Jim Moreno in person and on Zoom. (Sign up or get involved by email: sdpoetryannual@gmail.com) Instagram: @sdpoetryannual

SDPA 2024-25 cover photography by Fernando Phillipi.

Aug 23, 10am-4pm, @KPBS San Diego Book Festival sponsored by the University of San Diego. We are Booth #12. We will have space on our tables for local authors to share their books and projects. Associate Publisher Michael Klam will be there to answer any questions. Stop by and say Aloha! 

We’re proud to partner with @KPBS for the inaugural San Diego Book Festival happening August 23! 

This FREE family-friendly event at @UofSanDiego is dedicated to celebrating books, community and storytelling in all its forms.

Join us and RSVP at kpbs.org/sdbookfestival

#KPBSBookFestival

@sdpoetryannual, #SanDiegoPoetryAnnual

#SwinkBoutique

Special thanks to Jason Magabo Perez for all the love and support!

*Ash pin by Anya Klam