San Diego Poetry Annual 2009 10

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 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 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 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.

"This edition features 269 poems by 250 poets, including the Steve Kowit Poetry prize 2020 honorees."--Back cover.

"This edition features 293 poems by 250 poets, including the Steve Kowit Poetry prize 2019 honorees."--Back cover.

This year's Kids! San Diego Poetry Annual features 37 poems from children and pre-teenagers, ages 5 to 12, plus a dozen drawings produced in workshops led by premier poet-teachers and hosted both in person and remotely.

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).