San Diego Poetry Annual 2008

The San Diego Poetry Annual celebrates the diversity of talent found throughout the region. The work of celebrated poets, like Marge Piercy and Steve Kowit, appears next to the poems from those who are published for the first time.

The 3rd edition of the San Diego Poetry Annual features the celebrated — Dorianne Laux, Steve Kowit, Sam Hamod — alongside those who are published here for the first time, revealing the diversity of talent throughout San Diego, across every plane: race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, language, economics, location, occupation. To ensure the permanence of this collection, copies of each edition are donated in the name of contributing poets to public and college libraries in San Diego County and to select private libraries nationally.

The San Diego Poetry Annual is now part of the permanent collection of every college and university library in the San Diego region, as well as the San Diego County Library system, the San Diego City Library and the libraries of individual cities, including Carlsbad, Oceanside and Escondido. This 4th edition is the biggest and most diversified yet, featuring 146 poets and 222 of the best poems from every corner of San Diego. Copies of each edition of the San Diego Poetry Annual are donated in the name of contributing poets to public and college libraries in San Diego County and to select libraries nationally.

The 15th anniversary edition of the San Diego Poetry Annual features 419 poems from 376 poets, including the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize 2019 honorees and many of the finest poets in our region and beyond.

The 2nd Edition of the San Diego Poetry Annual continues the tradition of celebrating the talent, diversity and perseverance of poets who live, study, work or were born in San Diego County. Also included -- a special section of poems written during the Idyllwild Arts summer poetry program, 2007. Copies of this and the inaugural edition are donated in the name of contributing poets to public and college libraries throughout San Diego

This edition features more than 350 poems by 331 poets, including the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize 2023 honorees, plus Marge Piercy, Juan Felipe Herrera, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Lee Rossi, Jan Beatty, Ron Salisbury, and many of the finest poets from our region and beyond. Also featured: community outreach special sections, including the San Diego Poet Laureate, Native Poets, Poems from Juvenile Hall, and Veterans.

This is the 15th edition of the SDPA, featuring 269 poems by more than 250 poets, including former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, former U.S. Beat Poet Laureate Chris Vannoy, San Diego Poet Laureate Ron Salisbury, the Steve Kowit Poetry Prize honorees, Native Voices, poems from Juvenile Hall, and the finest poets from the San Diego region and beyond (including award-winning poets Jan Beatty, Marge Pierce, and Maria Mazziotti Gillan).