My Calendar

Events in February 2025

  • - Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize Submission Window Opens!
    Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize Submission Window Opens!

    Hillary Gravendyk Poetry Prize Submission Window Opens!

    February 1, 2025

    The Hillary Gravendyk Prize is an open poetry book competition for all writers regardless of the number of previously published poetry collections. The manuscript page limit is 48-100 pages, and Inlandia Institute Press invites all styles and forms of poetry. Only electronic submissions will be accepted via Inlandia’s ‘Submittable’ portal. Multiple submissions are accepted, with a $20 reading fee required for each manuscript. The winners will be announced Fall 2025 for publication in 2026.

    National and Regional awardees each win book publication and a cash prize of $1,000. Enter using Submittable: https://tinyurl.com/InlandiaSubmit

    Poetry book manuscripts will be accepted via Submittable from February 1 through April 30, 2025. One National and one Regional prizewinner will each be awarded $1,000 and a standard book contract.

     

    The competition was created in memory of the late Inland Empire poet, Hillary Gravendyk, who passed away in 2014.

  • - First Sundays with Inlandia and RAM Present: Soar with Dragons!
    First Sundays with Inlandia and RAM Present: Soar with Dragons!

    First Sundays with Inlandia and RAM Present: Soar with Dragons!


    February 2, 2025

    On Sunday, February 2, join Inlandia and Riverside Art Museum for a celebration of Lunar New Year with puppeteer Nicole Cloeren and Puppets a la Carte. The presentation includes story time, interactive participation, and your help in bringing the giant dragon puppet to life outdoors. Join us for this fun, free, family-friendly event! 1:30 PM.

  • - Inlandia at the Maloof – These Black Bodies Are… with Romaine Washington
    Inlandia at the Maloof – These Black Bodies Are… with Romaine Washington

    Inlandia at the Maloof – These Black Bodies Are… with Romaine Washington


    February 15, 2025

    Inlandia at the Maloof – These Black Bodies Are… with Romaine Washington and contributors.

    Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts

    5131 Carnelian St

    Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701

  • - Book Launch for Apartness by Judy Kronenfeld
    Book Launch for Apartness by Judy Kronenfeld

    Book Launch for Apartness by Judy Kronenfeld


    February 20, 2025

    Celebrate the launch of Apartness: A Memoir in Essays and Poems by Judy Kronenfeld at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California, 3933 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside. 6:30 PM. Books will be available for sale and signing. To RSVP and preorder your copy of Apartness, please visit https://tinyurl.com/Apartness-RSVP​.