| Author | Title |
| From the Editors | California Here I Come |
| Natasha Trethewey | Letters From Storyville |
| Bonnie Bowles | White Feathers |
| Christine Boyka Kluge | Three Poems |
| Zach Schomburg | Three Poems |
| Peadar Browne | Delirium |
| Jessie Harriman | Two Poems |
| Marin Sorescu
Adam J. Sorkin, Lidia Vianu, Gabriela Dragnea, translators |
Four Poems |
| Alan Moore | Three Poems |
| Jennifer Haigh | Slow Boat to Georgia
2000 Kestrel Fiction Contest Winner |
| Justina Hart | Five Paintings |
| Daniel James Sundahl | Three Poems |
| Deena Linett | Five Poems |
| Carl Phillips | Three Poems |
| Steven Huff | Killian |
| Ruth F. Harrison | Three Poems |
| Jeffrey Levine | Four Poems
2000 Kestrel Poetry Contest Winner |
| James Harms | Preface to the California Poets |
| David St. John | Five Poems |
