Poetry and Performance News from San Diego for April 2008

By Michael Klam

Museum of the Living Artist’s Poetry & Art Series 2008 Presents: 3 for $300 Poetry Slam

On Wednesday, April 16, at 6:30 p.m., Poetry & Art hosts the first poetry/visual art combination slam for writers, artists and performers. Our second event of 2008 is a winner-takes-all poetry competition with a slight twist: Performers who bring and show visual art connected in some way to their poetry will earn extra points. Performers may also use (and are encouraged to use) artwork hanging in the museum's current exhibit. Simply pick a painting, and we'll display it front and center for the audience while you read. Winner takes home $300.

What is Poetry Slam? Here is the official word from Poetry Slam, Inc.: "A poetry slam is a competitive event in which poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience. Typically, the host or another organizer selects the judges, who are instructed to give numerical scores (on a zero to 10 or one to 10 scale) based on the poets' content and performance."

This is our first Poetry Slam in the museum so chances are good that you'll get in and score high. Signups start at 6:30 p.m., but you can pre-register at poetryandartsd@gmail.com. We will take only 18 performers so signup quickly to secure your spot! Top three finishing poets will be considered for a full feature in the Museum of the Living Artist. Come on down and slam, judge or simply enjoy the show!

The Poetry & Art series has featured the lyrical compositions of acclaimed theater critic Charlene Baldridge in collaboration with saxophonist Zuri Waters; the postmodern artistic analysis of professor Fred Moramarco through poetry and paintings; Xdrop dance, poetry in motion; Ed Decker's Sordid Tales of a Bartender in Heat; the live painting smackdown of lucha libre and Aztec Gold; and the poetry with dance of Anthony Blacksher, star of the film Poetry Lives by SDSU professor Mark Freeman. 

Poetry & Art (established in the summer of 2001) has launched performers into the limelight, given a voice to budding, collaborating performers, and provided a space and an audience for artists at every level. Poetry & Art crowds have seen poets, artists and aficionados gathered amongst the paintings to experience live collaboration/combinations that have included spoken word, short film, photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, modern dance, Lucha Libre (!), percussion with poetry, and performance art. Every event includes open mic for local artists, and several of our features have come from the open forum part of the show. Many artist partnerships have been fostered.

Entry is $5, free for members. Poetry & Art is looking for volunteers! Contact Michael Klam at mkklam@gmail.com, 619-957-3264 or 619-236-0011 for more information. To learn more about Poetry Slam, visit www.poetryslam.com.

2nd Annual Poetry Reading: A Collaboration with San Diego Writers, Ink & City Heights Performance Annex in Celebration of National Poetry Month

Friday, April 11, 7 pm
City Heights Performance Annex (3795 Fairmount Ave San Diego, 92105)
An evening of poetry readings and performance with some of San Diego's most exciting and accomplished poets. Featuring Jihmye Collins, Michael Klam, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Jennifer Geran, Jim Moreno, Sylvia Telafaro, Bennie Herron, Marsella Alvarez, Laurie Macrae, and Roger Aplon with percussionist/sound artist Marcos Fernandes.

Jihmye Collins is a poet and visual artist. He is a founding member of African-American Writers and Artists, Inc. of San Diego and on the board of San Diego Writers, Ink.

Michael Klam is a poet/teacher whose work ranges from slam to translations. He is the moderator of Poetry and Art for the San Diego Art Institute, and Poet Programs Coordinator for the Museum of the Living Artist in Balboa Park. He was a member of the first San Diego Slam Team at the 2000 West Coast Regionals, and represented San Diego with the 2002 Slam Team. He has published two collections in English and Portuguese, Ervas e asfalto and Mouthfuls of Red Confetti, with Portuguese poet, Miguel Barbosa and has authored several books, including Sheep Go Mad and Cue in the Goats. His most recent publication is Emma and the Buddha Frog.

Shadab Zeest Hashmi is the editor of the annual Magee Park Poets Anthology. She graduated from Reed College in 1995 where she completed "Passage Work", a creative thesis comprising poems that explore the impact of British colonialism on the culture of her native Pakistan. Her poems have appeared in New Millennium Writings, Hubbub, Poetry Conspiracy, The Bitter Oleander, Santa Barbara Independent, SDPA, and Pakistani Literature. Her work will also appear in the forthcoming issue of Nimrod. She is currently pursuing an MFA degree at Warren Wilson. Her work has also appeared on-line, in poetsagainstthewar.org. She won the Andalusia Prize for Literature in 2007, the Stout Award for one of her poems published in Hubbub in 2004. She won the SAARC medal for literature in 1991.

Jennifer Geran is a librarian, performance artist and poet whose work has appeared in Cityworks, Joe's Journal, Driftwood Highway, and Poetry Motel. She has performed at The Sweet Tooth Theater as part of "Third Eye Screams" and the KPBS Radio Slam. She has served as a librarian for the City of San Diego since 1998.

Jim Moreno is a member of San Diego's Langston Hughes Poetry Circle and a past board member of the African American Writers & Artists. He teaches poetry workshops for gang youth in lockups, children in after-school programs, and adults who are beginning or practiced poets. Moreno has been published in City Works, The Langston Hughes Poetry Anthology, The Magee Park Poets Anthology, the poetry conspiracy, Tidepools, and others. He performs with The Three Deuces, a jazz trumpet, dance, and spoken word ensemble with Mitch Manker and Michael Tompkins. He is the director of the Encanto Boys and Girls Club Children's Poetry Choir. He is the author of Dancing in Dissent: Poetry for Activism. www.jimpoet.com

Sylvia Telefaro is President of the African American Writers and Artists; author of essay "Using the Arts to Heal", and "Innovations, Illusions, Devices, & Desires"; poetic expressions on family relationships, love, social injustice, and politics. Sylvia is a writer, poet, activist, and storyteller.

Bennie Herron's literary and musical activism began with Hip Hop and grew into poetry. Bennie is currently one of seven passionate souls that comprise the poetry collective, Taco Shop Poets. His CD is "Churches and Liquor Stores."

Marsella Alvarez is a student and poet.

Laurie Macrae received her BA in history from University of New Mexico and her MLS from the University of Arizona. She started a poetry reading series which drew poets to NM from all over the region. She has served as Vice President of the Taos Poetry Circus and World Poetry Bout, which brought great San Diego poets like Quincy Troupe and Jerome Rothenberg to Taos. Her poetry has been published in several magazines and the Santa Fe Poetry Broadside anthology, Just Outside the Frame.

Roger Aplon is an internationally acclaimed writer who has published six books of poetry and prose, including Barcelona Diary and, most recently, The Man With His Back to the Room and Intimacies. He has also published three chapbooks, and a new chapbook, Homage to a Widow, will be released by Carnaevon Press this month. A cofounder and editor of Choice Magazine with Aaron Siskind and John Logan, Roger’s work has also appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. He served as editor for From These Walls, an anthology published by The Writing Center and has led private writing workshops and groups and taught both prose and poetry at University of Hawaii, Roosevelt University, The Writing Center, and SDW, Ink.www.rogeraplon.com

Marcos Fernandes: born in Yokohama, Japan, Marcos Fernandes has long been active in San Diego as performer, producer and curator. He has performed in Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico, Canada and the US as a solo improviser, phonographer and as percussionist/sound artist with various ensembles. Fernandes runs the artist-based independent label Accretions, home to some of today's more innovative experimentalists. He is a founding member of the Trummerflora collective, dedicated to creative music in Southern California. Fernandes' recordings have appeared on Accretions, Bake/Staalplaat, Circumvention, Pan Handler, Pax, Pfmentum, Phonography.org, Public Eyesore, Ribosome and Solitary B. www.marcosfernandes.com

BORDER VOICES: MEXICAN PHENOM TO APPEAR AT SDSU POETRY FAIR, APRIL 19

Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez, an extraordinary 20-year-old poet from a small village in central Mexico, will join an all-star cast of poets from around the world at the 15^th annual Border Voices Poetry Fair on April 19.

It’ll be a multimedia explosion of live performances and TV shows, during which San Diego school districts will celebrate their poetry-in-the-schools programs at the all-day fair at San Diego State University.

The son of a North American father and a Mexican mother, Ekiwah published his first book at the age of 12, and his powerful verse immediately mesmerized Mexico’s literary scene. His books include Soy (I Am); Palabras Inagotables, (Never-ending Words); Weaver (2003), his first book in English, and The Coyotes Trace, which features an introduction by Mary Oliver

In addition to Ekiwah, featured poets at the April 19 fair will include Li-Young Lee (described as a “major voice in modern poetry” by The Harvard Book Review); Kay Ryan, whose “sly…suggestive” poetry so deeply impressed NEA chairman Dana Gioia, a famed poet-critic himself; and Ilya Kaminsky, a Russian poet praised by Anthony Hecht as “a poetic talent of rare and beautiful proportions.”

The all-day fair is FREE and open to the public. For more information, call the Border Voices hotline at 619-293-2546, or visit the Border Voices Web site at www.bordervoices.com

SD Art PRIZE: Recognition of Excellence in the Visual Art

The Performance Slam is a multi-genre Invitational in support of California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum’s exhibition, Innocence is Questionable, featuring the six recipients of the 2006/2007 San Diego Art Prize. It is hosted by San Diego Visual Arts Network and the California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum on Sunday, April 20, 2008 from 5 to 7 pm.
2006/2007 SD Art Prize Artists:
Raul Guerrero and emerging artist Yvonne Venegas.
Jean Lowe and emerging Artist Iana Quesnell.
Ernest Silva and emerging Artist May-ling Martinez
Performers:
Art criticism - Kevin Freitas, Art as Authority
Dance - Sara Plaisted and Heather Stants, Urban Tribal Dance
Instrumental - Zuriel Waters
Poetry - Jaysen Waller
Performance art - Ted Washington, Pruitt Igoe
Satire - Ed Decker
Theater - Marilyn Klisser and Aura Thielen, Emerge Art Center
Stage Manager - Mercedes Casey
California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum. 340 N. Escondido Blvd. Escondido, 92025. Hours : Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday Noon - 4:00 p.m. Closed Mondays. This competition is sponsored by SD Visual Arts Network ($100 prize for the one voted best by the attending public.) $5 entrance fee.

San Diego Poetry Annual 2007 is now available at Authorhouse.com for $12.50 per copy. Contributing poets can buy as many copies as they like at this special price—and the price will not change this calendar year. The annual is also available to the general public for $15.50 at Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com, but contributing poets can send their friends and family to Authorhouse.com and get the special $12.50 price. Copies of the annual are being donated in the name of the contributing poets to every public library in San Diego County, to every community college and university library and to selected private libraries throughout the U.S. Join SDPA to celebrate the publication of the second edition of the San Diego Poetry Annual–2007, from Garden Oak Press, at the Barnes and Noble in Hazard Center from 2 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 26. Free refreshments and special discount coupons on local entertainment and food!

The judges are reviewing all entries now for the San Diego Book & Writing Awards. They will announce the finalists in each category no later than April 30, 2008. The Awards Ceremony will be held May 17, 2008 at the AMN Healthcare Building 12400 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130. Guest Speaker: Steve Kowit, Poet and Winner of the 2006 Theodor Geisel Award. Reception (Hors D'oeuvres Buffet & No-host Bar) 6 p.m. Awards Program 7:00 p.m. Dessert Buffet and Coffee 9:30 p.m. Register online at http://www.sdbookawards.org

DG Wills (www.dgwillsbooks.com) rules the Earth when it comes to satisfying your need to meet famous lit folks: Aniruddh D. Patel, Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute, will discuss his critically acclaimed new book Music, Language and the Brain on Saturday, 23 February, 2008, at 7 pm, at D.G.Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 858-456-1800.

The Rubber Rose (www.myspace.com/therubberrose), 3812 Ray Street.

T.M.I. Open Mic: Word-performance show for homos, lesbos, transfolk, feminists, queerpunx, polyamorites and more! www.myspace.com/tmiopenmic. $5 to $7 donation. All Ages.

Elevated has relocated to Eveoke Dance Theater's new North Park studio, located at 2811 University Avenue. Here's the web site: http://www.collectivepurpose.org/Elevated.html

“Come experience the resurrection of spoken word! Elevated! is a creative arts experience that is guaranteed to uplift, inspire and move you through spoken word, music, and visual art. Elevated! features nationally, internationally, and locally renowned poets. The open mic encourages up-and- coming artists to showcase their skills and talent. Come to listen, express, and get ELEVATED!” $5 at the door.

Langston Hughes Poetry Circle Presents: First Wednesday Poets' Dance
Hot Monkey Love Café
6875 El Cajon Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92116
2 blocks west of 70th and El Cajon Blvd.
An evening of unrehearsed poetry, dance, and music collaboration between the Langston Hughes Poetry Circle, dancer Justin Morrison of little known dance theater and guest, and musicians Delores Fisher, electric keyboards, Anna Bobro, violin, & Jim Moreno percussion - followed by an Open Mic. Sign up for open mic at 7:30 P.M. for Poetry that dignifies the dancers. $5.00 cover, Students with I.D.$2.00 Info: (619) 285-9737 or (760) 802-2449 or www.jimpoet.com

San Diego Writers, Ink is permanently on 13 Street in the Arts Center. Upcoming events (at the The Ink Spot and around town) include The New Poetic Brew Open Mic Poetry Reading, hosted by Eber Lambert. One poem or three minutes, you choose. Third Tuesday of each month. Sign-ups start at 6:30 pm. Rebecca's Coffeehouse is located at 30th & Juniper in South Park. Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña and Chris Vannoy are going to have a joint feature at Poetic Brew this coming April 15^th — www.twentypoems.com and www.poetix.net/reviews.htm.
For more info, contact:
Judy Reeves
Executive Director
San Diego Writers, Ink
sandiegowriters.org
judyreeveswriter.com
Author of:
A Writer's Book of Days
Writing Alone, Writing Together
A Creative Writer's Kit
The Writer's Retreat Kit

Sushi Performance and Visual Art (www.sushiart.org) is moving back into its former space downtown. Sushi will still put on shows all around town, too.

Sushi's 4x4 Performance Series continues at the Bluefoot Bar and Lounge, on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 8pm, 30th & Upas, North Park. Tickets: Pay-What-You-Can. Each month 7-10 artists present fresh, new work that is limited to 10 minutes in length, performed on a four-by-four-foot stage, and located in the center of a room full of people.

Pruitt Igoe is in its third year of beautiful madness: www.pruittigoe.com and www.myspace.com/pruittigoe.

Emma and the Buddha Frog by Michael Klam (www.punapress.com). Edited by Jennifer Chung Klam, the new book has illustrations by David Lonteen, Ron Moya and Emily Larlham. Emma and the Buddha Frog features poems and short stories about everything from my surfer children, Emma and Hank, to genetically engineered super bowl cheese to Bushcon's war on thinking.

Visit Puna Press to get a taste of BARZILLA by Edwin Decker. Decker is the author of the column "Sordid Tales," a staple of San Diego CityBeat, and has contributed to Modern Drunkard Magazine, The Stranger ( Seattle, WA ), Tucson Weekly, Cleveland Scene and other national publications. Mr. Decker has tended bar in San Diego for more than 15 years at many notable music venues including the legendary Bacchanal and these experiences flavor his book BARZILLA. He is now also on staff at the So Cal Writer's Conference (writersconference.com/bios-all.html#LEADERS). Also available: Less by Ted Washington. And some love poems by Ted, too: 22.

Bluestocking Books: First Monday of each month at 7pm—Monday Montage. Join Curran Jeffries, Kris, & Tom reading original as well as favorite poetry and prose out loud amidst the stacks. You can read too, or come just to listen and refresh your mind. 3817 5th Ave., Hillcrest.

Check out Mark Freeman's movie, "Poetry Live(s)". Now on DVD, $25. The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series at SDSU – Screening April 9 at 7pm with live performances.

The exquisite Andrea Chamberlin, Education Programs Coordinator for the Museum of the Living Artist, has secured an Artist In Schools Grant by the California Arts Council. The program is called "Page to Canvas to Stage." Local poets and artists team up to teach students to combine visual art and performance poetry. To find out more, contact Andrea at 619-236-0011.

My long-time amigo Jose Luis Morales is looking to put together shows at his restaurante in Tijuana. Visit www.lagartijuas.com to check out the restaurant and contact ecosoltlnr@prodigy.net.mx and lagartijuas@hotmail.com to find out about upcoming events.

The Psalmist Hour has relocated to Deeper Life Christian Bookstore, 5555 University Ave. They describe their events as the place to be for live entertainment and a great time. "It is a great place to meet new people, enjoy phenomenal performers, or just chill out." 815.6550.

Head over to The Other Side Coffee House on Wednesday nights, 4096 30th St., San Diego, CA 92104 - (619) 521-0533, Say What? Open mic @ 8:45.

Kimberly Dark, supreme ruler of the universe and all around epic poet/mom/friend, has a new Web site. She is terribly far away on a beautiful island in the sea. Come back soon!

Al Howard and the K23 Orchestra on YouTube. Al's thoughts on war: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3vRnG4gkT0

Jimmy Jazz on MySpace and YouTube. Holy Crikey!

The Vessel is an open mic in San Marcos, CA, held the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month with the vision to bring the Artist closer to the People and bring the People closer to the Artist. Every 1st and 3rd Friday night there is a gathering held at the Canvas Cafe that has a featured artist, food, drinks, DJ, live band and open mic.

The Hunter's Moon 2007 of the Pregnant Moon Review is live. New poetry by Kelly Braden Anna Bristow Brett Staggs Shane Townsend. See for yourself at www.pregnantmoon.com

Poetry Series 2008
Visit Seretta Martin's new Web site for more info about BARNES & NOBLE PRESENTS Poetry Series 2008 at Hazard Center, 163 & Friars Rd. East, San Diego, 619-220-0175. Host: Seretta Martin, Co-Host: Jackleen Holten. Media Support from Matt Potter. Feature poets followed by open mic on 3rd Monday & occasionally other dates. Web: web.mac.com/serettamartin. Email: wordsoup@juno.com.

Poets & Writers, Inc.: For more information about Poets & Writers Readings/Workshops program, visit www.pw.org/rw/ or call the office at 310-481-7195.

Here's what's coming up in April. If I missed your event, let me know right away. Love each other. Emma, Jennifer, and Hank, wo ai ni.

Events Calendar & News

April 2
The Ugly Mug Michael Klam reads from Emma and the Buddha Frog www.punapress.com The Ugly Mug is located at 261 North Glassell Ave, Orange, CA. http://www.poetryidiots.com/

April 2
Langston Hughes Poetry Circle Presents: First Wednesday Poets' Dance. Hot Monkey Love Café, 6875 El Cajon Blvd. www.jimpoet.com

April 6
The Poetry Bench. Noon on the first Sunday of the month in Balboa Park. Quince Street at 6th Avenue on the north east corner. Email cyberhuts@worldnet.att.net for more info.

April 7
Monday Night Montage. 7-8 pm, first Monday of the month (or second, if the first is a holiday) at Bluestocking Books, 3817 Fifth Avenue, (619) 296-1424. www.bluestockingbooks.com.

April 9
Check out Mark Freeman's movie, "Poetry Live(s)". Now on DVD, $25. The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series at SDSU – Screening Wednesday, April 9 at 7pm with live performances.

April 11
Friday at 7 pm City Heights Performance Annex (3795 Fairmount Ave San Diego, 92105) -- 2nd Annual Poetry Reading 
A Collaboration with San Diego Writers, Ink & City Heights Performance Annex in Celebration of National Poetry Month http://www.sandiegowriters.org/programs_readings_cityheightsannex.htm

April 13 and 27
Rebecca's Coffeehouse 5 to 7 pm on the 2nd and 4th Sundays: The Off Beat Open Mic. www.rebeccascoffeehouse.com/

April 16
Poetry & Art, Wednesday at 6:30 features 3 for $300 Poetry and Visual Art Slam. Visit www.sandiego-art.org for more info.

April 19
Border Voices Poetry Fair: http://www.bordervoices.com/

April 28
The San Diego Writers, Ink's January's Writers Salon. Leader: Jill Hall, 7 pm at The Ink Spot. www.sandiegowriters.org/

May 11 and 25
Rebecca's Coffeehouse 5 to 7 pm on the 2nd and 4th Sundays: The Off Beat Open Mic (Poetry, Fiction and Alternate Universes). www.rebeccascoffeehouse.com/

Permanent Ink Spot — First Fridays
A monthly open mic for prose writers on the first Friday of every month. Bring three minutes of prose, a piece of a short story or a novel or a stand alone piece of flash fiction, and read your work aloud to your peers and future readers in a supportive, relaxed atmosphere. Three minutes may not sound like much, but it's best to keep your audience wanting more! And there will be more as First Friday readings will be held every month at The Grove. Hosted by Amy Wallen. Amy Wallen has published her short stories in several anthologies and literary journals. She won the Tennessee Writers Alliance Award for Juju, Dead Bodies and Beggars. She is currently working on her second novel. Questions? Call (619) 284-7684. Grove (Books, Yarns, Art, Clothing & Home Furnishings), 3010 Juniper Street (at 30th Street) in South Park, San Diego.

Bluestocking Books. First Monday of each month at 7pm Monday Montage - Join Curran Jeffries, Kris, & Tom reading original as well as favorite poetry and prose out loud amidst the stacks. You can read too, or come just to listen and refresh your mind. 3817 5th Ave., Hillcrest.

Twiggs (Second and fourth Mondays at 8 pm). Twiggs Coffeehouse, 4590 Park Blvd., University Heights, 619-296-0616. Open mic, sign-up at 7:45 pm. Free. Bring a copy of a poem for publication consideration.

DG Willis Books 7 P.M., at 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 858-456-1800. www.dgwillsbooks.com

The Other Side Coffee House
Say What? Wednesday open mic @ 8:45. 4096 30th St. San Diego, CA 92104, (619) 521-0533.

Kitty Baudoin and her Trio Chanteuse: Check out OB People's Co-op, 4765 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA 92107. 619-224-1387 Fridays, 5:30-7:30. Free to All.

ILLFONIX
Wednesdays at 10 pm, 88.3 KSDS

VIBES
Every Saturday night 9 pm to 11 pm. "Coffee House on Broadway,” 2991 Broadway San Diego.

San Diego Poetry Slam. Check in with Collective Purpose for dates and details. The San Diego Poetry Slam is a spoken word celebration and tournament that features locally renowned poets, brand new slammers, and everyone in between. Slam is no ordinary, sedate open mic. The audience participates. If you're a poet and you want feedback on your work, you'll get it here. If you want to get paid for your words, slam will give you a chance. Slam has an open sign up (poets: get there at 8 p.m. to sign up for a spot) $5 fee for competitors, free for everyone else. Winner takes all! Judges are picked at random out of the audience so you never know what kind of poetry will win on any given week! Check out the San Diego Slam website for descriptions and details. The slam is open to all to come and enjoy the show or to compete for cash prizes. Come unload your philosophies and re-create yourself.

POETRY LIVE(S), film by Mark Freeman
San Diego's poetry scene comes to life in a new documentary "Poetry Live(s)," produced and directed by San Diego State University professor Mark Freeman.

PoeticWorks
E.Michele Paul. Get Involved!
ComMonUnItY Poetry
Ask me how: Info@poeticworks.com, (949) 547-9935

The Psalmist Hour

Barnes & Nobles Poetry Events
Barnes and Noble, Hazard Center, Friars Road, Mission Valley, San Diego. To get on the mailing list for events, click here.

T.M.I.
"T.M.I. (too much information) is a word-performance show for homos, transfolk, hags, feminists, fairies, femme-ists, s.c.u.m. Manifesto fan club members, lesbos, queerpunx, womanists, polyamorites, tough old broads, baby-butches, lesbian schoolteachers, second-wavers, anarchist cheerleaders, bisexual plushies, bois, feminist straight guys (who know how to take up very little psychic space and don't think their pony-tail will save them), old-fashioned diesel dykes, and their friends who like perform word-based work and to watch writers and performers groove, live on stage."

The San Diego Poetry Meetup

Submissions Sought

Pequin seeks submissions (prose, 1,000ish words): http://pequin.org

Damn Good Writing is looking for your poems and artwork for online and print publication: "The editors of Damn Good Writing invite submissions of fiction, poetry, short plays, literary nonfiction, and art in traditional and experimental styles. Writers and artists who currently live in San Diego County comprise half of what is published. First serial rights only. We respond promptly, but do not comment or offer suggestions. We pay in copies. Please check out full submission guidelines.”

Submit your work to Quay, A Journal of the Arts. From the editors: "We are shaping our creative collection, so, at this time, we will only say that we are interested in fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, short plays or monologues and multi-media pieces. Our goal is to publish three issues a year, online and in print. Spring Issue: submissions in January and February. Summer Issue: submissions in May and June. Fall Issue: submissions in September and October.

Thanking you in advance, the Staff of Quay: Jennifer Pattison Rumford, editor; Theresa Edwards, poetry editor; Kathy Chenault, nonfiction editor; Betsy Self Elijah, memoir editor; Matthew M. Quick, fiction editor; Lloyd Noonan, playwright editor.

More Poetry Links and Weekly Event Listings

Links to San Diego Coffee Houses

The Espresso San Diego's coffeehouse & café newspaper since 1992. Articles and events listings and venues
Where2Eat
String Beans
AOL Guide to San Diego's Best Coffeehouses
Café 976

Poetry Links

San Diego Writeway
101 Artists Colony
Coffee House Press
Judah Israel
Kimberly Dark
Lestat's
Los Bilingual Writer
Los Able Minded Poets
Malcolm X Library
Poetry International
Poets & Writers
Puna Press
Red Calacarts
Resist Much
San Diego Blog
T.M.I.
The Rubber Rose
Warwick's
Radioactive Radio
The PROBEA project
Planes, Trains and Dead Sea Scrolls
Teen Producers
Poetry & Art article
Ted Washington
Border Voices
Zuri Waters

 To submit events, contact Michael Klam.