Winners and Honorable Mentions of the San Diego Poetry Annual’s Steve Kowit Poetry Prize will be invited to read at the annual awards reception each April. Winning and Honorable Mention poems will be published in the San Diego Poetry Annual each March.

Our awards ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22, 2025, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., in the rooftop Shiley Event Center of the San Diego Public Library, downtown (330 Park Blvd., San Diego 92101). Free admission. Even the parking is free.