Poetry Happens Here
Santa Barbara is a thriving creative community which includes poets and poetry lovers of all kinds. Santa Barbara even has its own poetry press, Gunpowder Press, which includes local poets in its Shoreline Voices series.
Upcoming & Recent Poetry Events
- Three Counties, Three Poets Laureate, November 16A reading by Mary Ann McFadden, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, Caleb Nichols, Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo County, George Yatchisin, Poet Laureate of the City of Santa Barbara.
- Work sought for MLK Day youth poetry and essay contest, deadline October 30Youth 6-18 are invited to submit poems inspired by MLK Jr. and the theme of justice.
- Let’s Chat About Poetry with Laure-Anne Bosselaar, October 18Join local poetry professor and esteemed author, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, for a reading of favorite poems. Sun., October 18, 4-5 pm, domecil
- The Poetry Club, Goleta Valley Library, October 18A monthly event: read a favorite poem or one of your own, or simply enjoy the voices of others. Sunday, October. 18, 2-3 pm.
- Writing in the Galleries, SBMA, October 17An exercise in ekphrastic poetry with UCSB’s Omar Pimienta.