California Poets in the Schools

05/25/2026

Amazing game yesterday! Big thanks to the San Francisco Giants for donating tickets to California Poet in the Schools! Board members and Poet-Teachers had a fantastic time!

04/24/2026

California Poets in the Schools Youth Poetry Anthology represents the voices of K-12 youth from over 20 California counties every year — a powerful, statewide chorus of young poets and writers who deserve to be heard. This is not a pay-to-play publication. Every student is mailed free copies of the book and the anthology will be available nationwide — through bookstores such as Barnes and Noble and The Strand - putting California's youth on the literary map.

📖 The anthology is currently 30% funded — and we need your help to get it across the finish line. Whether you donate, become a sponsor, share this post, or simply spread the word, every act of support helps amplify youth voices throughout California.

💛 Want to sponsor or donate? Reach out to us at [email protected] — or click the link below to give directly. Just be sure to note that your donation is for the anthology!

👉 Donate here: https://www.cpits.org/donatetoday

Know someone who might want to be part of this? Tag them below or send them our way!

04/10/2026

Join us today! Click to register: https://www.cpits.org/events/calpoets-april10

03/10/2026

Register here: https://www.cpits.org/events/calpoets-april10

11/24/2025

Please register to join us for our First Friday meeting in December, geared towards Poet-Teachers and open to the public - free! Register at this link: https://www.cpits.org/events/calpoets-first-friday-community-meeting-december

11/20/2025

We are incredibly grateful to have received a generous grant from the Poetry Foundation this year in support of our general operations. With arts funding shrinking across the board, this grant will be a true lifeline for California Poets in the Schools, helping us continue to pave career pathways for professional poets across the state — empowering them to give back to their home communities as teaching artists.

It is an honor to be named a grantee among such distinguished poetry organizations nationwide. Read all about it here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/1748730/poetry-foundation-awards-1-3-million-in-grants

10/29/2025

This is FANTASTIC news for literary arts nonprofits!

New York, NY (October 28, 2025) – Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations—the Ford Foundation, Hawthornden Foundation, Lannan Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Poetry Foundation, and an anonymous foundation—announced the launch of the Lite...

10/24/2025

Dear Poetry Community,
Please share widely, and come out to celebrate Tobey's life on Saturday, November 1st.

09/30/2025

Please join us this Friday. Register here to receive the Zoom link & updates... https://www.cpits.org/events/calpoets-first-friday-community-meeting-oct

09/15/2025

Check out this free online HOPE SERIES by the Arts & Healing Initiative...

https://artsandhealinginitiative.org/pages/hope-series

Created in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, this free, online series supports the resilience of our global community through social emotional arts.

In accordance with our mission, with this series we aim to enhance the innate social-emotional benefits of the arts with supportive practices, such as non-judgmental language and reflection, for self-discovery, connection, and empowerment.

Created in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, this free, online series supports the resilience of our global community through social emotional arts.