Poetry 99

Kicking off National Poetry Month with readers’ short poems

This article was published on 03.28.19

Members of the 1078 Gallery Literary Committee (from left): Muir Hughes, Sarah Pape and Angela Youngblood.

Poetry 99 (and Fiction 59) reading:

All poets published in this year’s Poetry 99 issue (and all writers from last fall’s Fiction 59 issue—the reading for which was canceled due to the Camp Fire) are invited to read their works during a free public reading at The Bookstore (118 Main St.) Friday, March 29, 6:30 p.m.

April is National Poetry Month, and this year our annual Poetry 99 issue starts celebrating it a few days early. Consider this your poetry pregame.

Once again, the Chico News & Review’s readers overwhelmed us with hundreds of entries, and most everyone adhered to the word-count restriction! We received so many good poems that some of the judges’ favorites wouldn’t fit in the paper. We’ve included those overflow poems with the online version of the feature.

Thank you to our our esteemed judging panel—the writing professionals of the 1078 Gallery Literary Committee—as well as all of the writers who entered. Happy National Poetry Month, everyone!

Note: Names are stripped from all entries before judging so writers’ identities do not influence their decisions.

Poetry 99

Kicking off National Poetry Month with readers’ short poems

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