They Read at Sacramento Poetry Center
| 1981 | Galway Kinnell |
| 1982 | Miriam Patchen, James Schevill |
| 1983 | Jack Hirschman, Galway Kinnell, Carolyn Forche, Sandra Gilbert, Robert Bly |
| 1984 | Robert Peters, Allan Williamson, Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Gary Snyder, Steve Sanfield, Kim Stafford, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Diane DiPrima, Sharon Doubiago (@ Crest, Central American Peace Reading) |
| 1985 | William Dickey, Robert Bly, Diane DiPrima, Galway Kinnell, Carolyn Forche |
| 1986 | Leonard Nathan |
| 1986 (1st Conference) | William Stafford, Sandra McPherson & Dennis Schmitz. |
| 1987 | Jim Carroll (in association w/ Club Can't Tell), Edward Mycue |
| 1987 (Conference) | Michael McClure, Diane Di Prima, Sandra McPherson, D. R. Wagner |
| 1988 | Marilyn Nelson (Waniek), Sharon Doubiago, Leonard Cirino |
| 1988 (Conference) | Jim Dodge |
| 1989 | Jerome Washington, Fernando Alegria, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Cole Swensen, Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Mary Mackey |
| 1989 (Conference) | Anne Waldman, Cole Swensen, William Howarth |
| 1990 | Gary Short |
| 1990 (Conference) | Gary Snyder |
| 1990 | Maya Angelou |
| 1991 | W. S. Di Piero, Phavia Kujichagulia |
| 1991 (Conference) | William Matthews & Jane Hirshfield |
| 1992 | Philip Levine (co-sponsored w/California Center for the Book & California State Library Foundation) |
| 1992 (Conference) | Larry Levis, Leslie Scalapino & Dennis Schmitz (co-sponsored by and held at California State Library) |
| 1993 | Anne Waldman, Ed Sanders, Andrew Schelling |
| 1993 (Conference) | Robert Creeley & Joanne Kyger. |
| 1994 | Cole Swenson, Sharon Doubiago, Ruth Weiss |
| 1994 (Conference) | Lucille Clifton, Jose Montoya & Jack Hirshman |
| 2002 (Conference) | Quincy Troupe, Jose Montoya |
** List first compiled (and disseminated) March 2005
M. Zeppa