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Poetry Flash is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, federal tax ID #94-3096270. Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Support poets and writing with a gift to Poetry Flash. We can't do it without you!

Consider a donation to Poetry Flash! We are an award-winning nonprofit that has been creating a vibrant literary community for over 50 years. Help us promote poetry and poets! Your donation will support Poetry Flash online reviews, interviews, and our poetry and literary event calendar for the Golden State, plus the Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival, the Northern California Book Awards, and more. We can't do this without you. Donate today!

Your donation will support:

• Poetry Flash (poetryflash.org), book reviews, poems, essays, interviews, tributes, and more, with a calendar of literary happenings from all over California.
• Poetry Flash Reading Series, featuring some of the most dynamic voices in contemporary poetry. Visit the Poetry Flash YouTube channel to enjoy videos of our readings.
• Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival, a celebration of nature, writing, and community, with a Strawberry Creek Walk featuring eco-dance to poetry and nature commentary. Watershed also presents student-poets from our California Poets in the Schools program and Watershed Day at Berkeley High School.
• Northern California Book Awards, an annual celebration of northern California authors and books, produced and presented by Poetry Flash and Northern California Book Reviewers. The 2023 Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award honored acclaimed poet and educator Brenda Hillman. Special Awards went to Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen, George McCalman, and Litquake, with awards in Poetry, Fiction, Translation, Children’s Literature, and NonFiction. See https://poetryflash.org/programs/?p=ncba_2023 for more on the finalists and winners.
• Visit the Poetry Flash YouTube channel to see our events. Watershed 2023 is now posted! If you believe, with us, that poetry and writing crucially matter, please donate today.

Donations of $75+, until January 31, 2024, will receive a beautiful poem broadside of "Swan Bone," by Elizabeth C. Herron, handprinted by Lisa Rappoport at Littoral Press.

Make a Donation Today

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Poetry Flash is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, federal tax ID #94-3096270. Donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.