The Sacramento Poetry Center

The Sacramento Poetry Center Since 1979, The SPC has worked to advance the practice & application of poetry & the literary arts. They are why we exist.

Since its founding in 1979, the Sacramento Poetry Center has been a major force and advocate for literary artists in Northern California, especially in the Sacramento area. We offer readings, workshops, writers' conferences, publications, a lending library, and more to our local community. Though primarily serving as the premier literary center for the greater Sacramento metropolitan area, SPC’s publications are recognized nationally, and its annual writers’ conference has featured some of the most important poets of our time, including Pulitzer Prize winners Gary Snyder and Philip Levine, former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, and other luminaries such as Lucille Clifton, Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, Diane DiPrima, Carolyn Forche, Anne Waldman, Maya Angelou, Jack Hirschman, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Dorianne Laux, Kim Addonizio, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Cole Swensen, Michael McClure, Jose Montoya, Robert Creeley, Robert Peters, and many others. As important are the scores of local and regional poets, established and emerging, who have participated in SPC readings and events over the decades. Unique among literary centers in that it is not affiliated with a university, The Sacramento Poetry Center, while maintaining close ties with the area’s universities and colleges, is a fully independent organization, affording it, and associated artists, the opportunity to explore the medium and opportunities unrestricted except by its own bylaws. The Poet Tree Inc, dba The Sacramento Poetry Center is a small, regional 501(c)3 not for profit organization. SPC is supported in part by grants received from The Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture, The California Arts Commission, and other sources, as well as through the generosity of our membership. The Poetry Center is located at 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, California, in the R25 theater complex.

Coming up on Monday, October 5. Please come & welcome these poets.
09/30/2026

Coming up on Monday, October 5.
Please come & welcome these poets.

Tonight!Lilliana's books arrived! Be the first on your block to own one.
09/28/2026

Tonight!
Lilliana's books arrived! Be the first on your block to own one.

Coming next in the Monday Night Poetry Series. Ending September & starting October strong.
09/22/2026

Coming next in the Monday Night Poetry Series. Ending September & starting October strong.

09/20/2026
RIP, poet.Just heard from Carol Lynn Grellas that Indigo Moor, poet laureate emeritus of Sacramento, and long time frien...
09/18/2026

RIP, poet.

Just heard from Carol Lynn Grellas that Indigo Moor, poet laureate emeritus of Sacramento, and long time friend and associate, and former board member of SPC has passed. He has struggled with health issues for a long time.

His fifth major collection, Reconstructing Eden: A Southern Bastard’s Lyric Journey, was recently released by CavanKerry Press.

Photo: Tracy Bross Bryar

Coming up on Monday, September, 21, at 7:30 p.m.A Reading and Book Signing Featuring Gabrielle Myers & Beverly ParaynoIt...
09/17/2026

Coming up on Monday, September, 21, at 7:30 p.m.
A Reading and Book Signing Featuring Gabrielle Myers & Beverly Parayno

It’ll be good to welcome Gabrielle back to celebrate her new book, Go Forth: Lose Yourself into Life and Beverly to present her collection of stories, Wildflowers, for the first time at SPC. Open Mic follows.

Tonight!
09/14/2026

Tonight!

Please join us on Saturday at the reception for the beautiful exhibit by Phyllis Hayes at SPC, 6-8 p.m.
09/10/2026

Please join us on Saturday at the reception for the beautiful exhibit by Phyllis Hayes at SPC, 6-8 p.m.

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1719 25th Street
Sacramento, CA
95816

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+19165209985

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