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Dedan Gills: 29 Best Poetry Books of 2023

Dedan Gills I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song Dedan Gills (August 21, 1945–December 20, 2015) is co-author, with Belvie Rooks, of I Give You the Springtime of My Blushing Heart: A Poetic Love Song, which has been selected as one of the 29 best poetry books by Speechify…

Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill: Heavy Lifting at the M.K. Contemporary Art Gallery

M.K. Contemporary Art Gallery 703 Front Street, Santa Cruz, United States

Heavy Lifting will be part of the exhibit Selections: Rydell Visual Arts Fellows 2006-2021 at the M.K. Contemporary Art Gallery. The exhibition runs from Saturday, January 27, 2024 through Sunday, March 24, 2024. The curators of the exhibit are Melissa Kreisa and Rose Sellery. This exhibit is in partnership with Community Foundation Santa Cruz County…

Nominations Open for Poet Laureate of Mendocino County

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Step Forward to Nominate or Be the First Poet Laureate of Mendocino County The Mendocino County Poet Laureate Committee is currently seeking nominations for the first Poet Laureate of Mendocino County. The deadline for nominations is February 29th. Nominees will need to submit applications in March and be interviewed in April. This is an official…

2024 ukiaHaiku Festival – Submission Deadline

Ukiah Civic Center 300 Seminary Ave, Ukiah, CA, United States

As the New Year approaches, we hope you might find time to enter the 22nd ukiaHaiku Festival contest. Residents of Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties, from kindergarten age through adult, can enter haiku in ten different categories (two for Spanish). There is also one category open to planet Earth, the Jane Reichhold International Award. Writing haiku, one…

Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference 2024 Scholarship and Master Class Application Deadline

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February 15 is the deadline for scholarship and Master Class applications for MCWC 2024. We are pleased to offer a range of scholarships to make our conference accessible to writers from diverse backgrounds and to reward writing of outstanding merit. We are also now accepting applications for our 2024 Master Class. This Year's Master Class will…

Nominations Close for Poet Laureate of Mendocino County

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Step Forward to Nominate or Be the First Poet Laureate of Mendocino County The Mendocino County Poet Laureate Committee is currently seeking nominations for the first Poet Laureate of Mendocino County. The deadline for nominations is February 29th. Nominees will need to submit applications in March and be interviewed in April. This is an official…

Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill: Heavy Lifting, Listening Tour

Institute of the Arts & Sciences 100 Panetta Ave., Santa Cruz

The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour is coming to the Institute of the Arts & Sciences (IAS), University of California at Santa Cruz on Sunday, March 3 at 3 pm. For venue information, contact ias@ucsc.edu. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour aspires to offer opportunities for healing, and dreaming, through dialogue. An introduction to the project opens…

Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference Registration 2024

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Registration for MCWC 2024 opens March 15! MCWC 2024 conference registration and contest submissions will open Friday, March 15. The deadline is Sunday, June 30. For more information, visit the Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference website here.

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