The Santa Cruz Reads Steering Committee would like to thank the community of Santa Cruz for its tremendous support of our 2011 Santa Cruz Reads Edgar Allan Poe project,  sponsored this year by an NEA Big Read grant.

Special thanks to our keynote speakers and presenters Laurie R. King, Gary Young, Brent Gifford (AKA Blindini), Scott Smithson, John Moir, Devik Schreiner, Duffy Hudson, and Scott Smithson.

Writing Contest Winners and Runners Up
Please visit the Writing Contest page to view the winners and runners up of our Poetry and Fiction contests and read their entries. (Writing Contest Page)

In addition, please visit KUSP’s Poetry Show page to listen to a podcast of winners and runners up reading their entries (Poetry Show).

Watch for Community TV’s production of the Poe Finale to see winners and runners up reading their entries.