The Youth emPOWERment Poetry Slams
emPOWERment Poetry Slams

Thursday, January 2nd
5:30pm
[Day 1]

High School Teen Poetry Slam

Details:

One-day poetry slam for high school students in the NYC area.

Friday, January 3rd
5:30pm

[Day 2]

Best of College Poetry Slam
College-Aged Slam

Details:

One-day poetry slam for currently enrolled undergraduate college students 25 year-old and younger.

Both slams start promptly at 5:30p.m. Arrive early. Poets should plan for 2 rounds, where they will perform poems that are no more than 3 minutes.

Prizes for both events as follows: First Place: $250 Second Place: $150 Third Place: $100

Location:  Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC)
199 Chambers Street

Workshop Details

We’re also doing workshops to help students prepare for the poetry events.

Thursday December 19th @ 7pm on Zoom