S. Bryan Medina

S. Bryan Medina and his poetry has graced stages in Fresno Ca, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Kansas City. Bryan founded the Inner Ear Open Mic, The Beat Down Slam, and Poetry and Pints Free Writer’s Workshop as a way to free poetry from the confines of academic institutions making it accessible to all. Medina, a long-time art activist, has been awarded two City of Fresno Commendations, including the 2014 Fresno Arts Council Horizon Award, for contributions to the rich artistic and cultural heritage in Fresno. He is the author of More than Soil, Less than Sand (2017 HBE Publishing) and his work has appeared in journals such as Flies, Cockroaches, and Poets, In the Grove, The San Joaquin Review, Jubliee, and Invisible Memoirs among others. In  2017, Medina was named Fresno County's third Poet Laureate serving a distinguished 2-year term reaching out to the community featuring readings, school and university visits, writing workshops, and meetings with business and political leaders throughout the state of California. 
Bryan is a Desert Shield, Desert Storm/Gulf War veteran and a graduate of Fresno Pacific University.