Meet the Publishers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzv5nbN4HQU Sophia Apodaca, Samvel Aleksanyan, and Shayleene McReynolds What do they really do? Why did they become editors? How do you get published with them? How are they coping under lockdown? Donations requested. Reserve your spot in 2 steps: Register with Mary Rummel: mrummel@d.umn.edu Donation via PayPaypal: vcpoetryproject.org https://vcpoetryproject.org/donations/     Ventura County Poetry Project www.vcpoetryproject.org   more poetry here… over 1000 videos www.youtube.com/user/AskewPoetryJournalRead More →

Becky Sanvictores won the Ventura County Poetry Prize for 2020!  Many congratulations, Becky, for your fine poem on growing up near the stockyards in Omaha.  Poets, please be on the lookout for details about our 2021 poetry contest coming soon.  Our contest celebrates and acknowledges the importance of libraries in our history and our lives today.Read More →

Glenna Luschei

Glenna Luschei is a remarkable person. After living in Columbia for several years, she became interested in Spanish and Latin American poetry. Maybe she hasn’t ‘lived a hundred years inside a knife’ or seen souls of the dead drawn to the flute sounds of winter in the upper Midwest on swirling white nights on the prairie. But then again, maybe she has. She does not repent of surrealism or any other flights of the mind. Once Glenna said, “I live by runes, not rules.” How lucky we are she threw down the stones and summoned the force to launch a poetry journal in 1967, CaféRead More →

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We are excited to launch our new website showcasing our programs, events, and readings. Please be patient as we update and tweak the site in the coming weeks. Check our events calendar to see what’s happening at a glance. Also, please like/follow our Facebook page and subscribe to Askew Journal YouTube for access to view in video-format, Ventura County Poetry Project readings and other happenings.Read More →