Poetry Flash
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.jpg) Joyce Jenkins at the Sierra Poetry Festival 2025 | |
| Type | Quarterly |
|---|---|
| Format | tabloid & online |
| Publisher | Joyce Jenkins |
| Editor | Joyce Jenkins |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Berkeley, California |
| ISSN | 0737-4747 |
| Website | poetryflash.org |
Poetry Flash (founded 1972) is a literary magazine and website based in the San Francisco Bay Area; it has been called "an institution in the Bay Area's literary culture".[1] It publishes literary reviews, poetry, interviews, and essays as well as an extensive calendar of literary activities on the west coast of the United States.
Poetry Flash is a non-profit corporation. The printed version presently has a tabloid format, appears quarterly, and has a print run of 22,000 copies. Copies are distributed gratis at cafes and shops in the Bay Area or are mailed to paid subscribers.[2] Joyce Jenkins has edited Poetry Flash since 1978; it was founded in 1972 as a mimeographed calendar of Bay Area poetry readings. Jenkins has been the publisher of Poetry Flash since 1980.[3]
