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Ted Washington Features at Palabra!
Palabra! 7p Thursday, January 22nd at Bread & Salt1955 Julian Ave.San Diego, CA 92113 Hosted by Olivia Mercedes Featured Artist: Ted Washington Ted Washington is an artist, author, poet and reluctant businessman. He now lives in San Diego, after spending time as an apprentice draftsman for a beer brewery in St. Louis, an Internal Revenue… Read More
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2026! Twenty Years of SDPA, Celebrating Jim Moreno, SDPL Authors Showcase
Call for Submissions to Celebrate the Life of Jim Moreno, Jan. 1 – Jan. 30: January 24, 2026, 12:00-4:00pm: 2025 Local Author Exhibit of Books and Celebration. April 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 More
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1st Place Surprise
Ted was taking the year off from exhibiting after the solo show at Gelato Vero Caffe in February. However a friend convinced him to enter the Summation Juried Exhibition. She also suggested that the art be Donna. The portrait of Donna has not been exhibited in 10 years so she was due to be seen.… Read More
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Poetry @ MCASD, IMWA Poetry Winners, 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. November 7, 2025 at 6:00 pm, Ensnaring the Moment: Book Reading with Leah Ollman & Rae Armantrout @ MCASD: Dear San Diego Poetry Annual Community,Join us for… Read More
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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
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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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Penumbra Press Chapbook Competition
Penumbra Press at California State University Stanislaus is hosting a chapbook competition.Submissions accepted from July 18th until August 18th. More Information here.https://www.penumbraonline.com/chapbooks Read More