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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… Read More
Event, News, Ted Washington
Chieftain Features at Palabra!
Palabra! 7p Thursday, October 23rd at Bread & Salt1955 Julian Ave.San Diego, CA 92113 Hosted by Julie Corrales and Ted Washington Featured Artist: Chieftain Daniel Villegas, known as Chieftain, shares his inspiring journey from growing up in a challenging neighborhood to becoming a passionate advocate for social justice and a creative force in poetry, music,… Read More
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Shayna Features at Palabra!
Palabra! 7p Thursday, September 25th at Bread & Salt1955 Julian Ave.San Diego, CA 92113 Hosted by Julie Corrales and Ted Washington Featured Artist: Shayna Shayna is a Michigan-raised poet who moved to California in 2019. Her poetry explores themes of mental health, grief, identity exploration, and social justice. Her work appears in Still Here – Poets Underground… Read More
Alignment, Event, Michael Klam, News, Twitter
SDPA Partnering with @KPBS San Diego Book Festival + Spacebar + Bilingual Edition Zoom + SDWI
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. Sept. 23, 7pm-8:30pm, SDPA Zoom, edición bilingüe: Todos invitados a participar en la lectura de su poema y traducción publicados en Cantos, Anuario de Poesía… Read More
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Submissions are open! Upcoming events…
July 1-August 15th (extended), Poetry Contest! SDPA is proud to partner with International Memoir Writers Association and SD Writers Festival to co-sponsor the new Poetry component of their acclaimed Memoir Showcase. $5/poem reading fee goes to subsidize production costs. Preciously published poems accepted – read the full submission guidelines here. Now in its 11th year, the 2026 showcase will be performed… Read More
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Montezuma III Features at Palabra!
Palabra! 7p Thursday, August 28th at Bread & Salt1955 Julian Ave.San Diego, CA 92113 Hosted by Julie Corrales and Ted Washington Featured Artist: Montezuma III Bio: Montezuma III (M3) is an Indigenous poet, MC, and cultural worker based on Payómkawichum Territory (Escondido, CA), proudly rooted in the Caxcan Nation of Ameca, Jalisco. Their multidisciplinary work focuses… Read More
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Comic-Con and Horn Dog 12!
It’s the season of Comic-Con! Whoohoo!!Horn Dog 12 will be there! Puna Press will be in the Small Press Pavilion table K-10.Stoked with the latest Horn Dog. My limited test audience laughed. Perfect!!! Check out this preview Read More
Event, News, Ted Washington
Itza Vilaboy Features at Palabra!
Palabra! 7p Thursday, June 26th at Bread & Salt1955 Julian Ave.San Diego, CA 92113 Hosted by Julie Corrales and Ted Washington Featured Artist: Itza Vilaboy Itza Vilaboy is a writer from San Diego. Recent projects include co-curating “Border Blasters: Desintegrador de Fronteras TJ/SD Radio & Television” a binational exhibition at the Bonita Museum and Cultural… Read More