Rodrigo Toscano (born 1964 San Diego) is an American poet. He lived in San Francisco from 1995- 1999. He works in Manhattan at the Labor Institute, and lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program. Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and chosen by poets of national stature, and issued by various publishers.