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Poetry Opportunities for Youth
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Our Outreach Initiatives
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Did you know that beside our week-long festival in April, we have stimulating year-round outreach programs for youth?
- Poetry Moves School Program, where we send poets into K-12 schools to inspire in students a life-long interest in poetry and literature
- Poetry Moves Youth Symposium, a full day of empowering poetry workshops for high school students in November
- Poetry Moves on Transit, a program that places poetry on ETS (Edmonton Transit System) vehicles, and garners over two million views per round. One round per year is always dedicated to students in junior high and high school.
We are committed to language and literacy in our community. Whether you are a teacher or youth, we hope to connect with you soon! Email
[email protected] to get in touch!
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Poetry Moves School Program
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With our year-round School program, w
e aim to get poets into local schools to help teachers inspire in students a life-long interest in poetry and literature
. Our poets have staged in-class workshops for 5000+ students to date, at every grade level, and in all subjects (Language Arts, Social Studies, Art, Math, Science, and French!). Check out our new poet roster!
Who do we have available this fall?
- Ahmed Knowmadic Ali, Edmonton's brilliant current Poet Laureate
- Norma Dunning, incredible Inuit writer, scholar, teacher
- Pierrette Requier, Edmonton's sixth Poet Laureate, celebrated bilingual poet, experienced teacher
- Liam Coady, beloved spoken-word poet, actor, organizer
- Leif Gregersen, poet and public speaker, great workshop facilitator with focus on mental health
- Giselle Lemire, esteemed bilingual actress, poet, director, producer
- Brandon Wint, uniquely talented slam champion, experienced workshop facilitator
- Mary Pinkoski, impressive slam champion, experienced teacher, former Edmonton Poet Laureate
Please contact [email protected] for more information on how to get a poet into your class. Cost is $150 per poet per period, but sometimes we are able to subsidize the cost for lower-income schools.
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Poetry Moves School Symposium
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Our Poetry Moves School Symposium (formerly called BeMused High School Poetry Festival) was a great success last year and is happening again on
November 24, 2017 at the Clareview Recreation Centre and Library!
If you are a high school teacher, please stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks from Adriana ( [email protected]). For now,
save the date!
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Poetry Moves on Transit:
Youth Call for Submissions
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Calling all junior high and high school students! The Edmonton Poetry Festival seeks your poems on
what moves you
for the next flight of
Poetry Moves on Transit
, a project that puts poetry onto Edmonton Transit System vehicles.
Inspire us. Educate us. Move us to tears. Bust a move on the page. Use your words to move mountains, or make a move on your crush. Just write! Send us a poem about what moves you and maybe your poem will move around town on buses for eight weeks this winter! We look for strong writing in all poetry styles, whether lyrical, experimental, or form poetry. Send us your best.
Four winning poems will travel on ETS buses and LRT cars for a minimum of eight weeks, launching mid-February. We provide an honorarium of $100 to each of the four poets whose work is chosen. The submission deadline is
Wednesday, November 8th.
Here are the rules
Entrants must be residents of the greater Edmonton area and in junior high and high school. Poets whose work has been chosen in the last year are not eligible. You may submit up to three poems.
Entries must be original work and are limited to a maximum of 10 lines including blank spaces/stanza breaks. Space on the bus plaques is limited; keep your line length to 10 words per line. Submit poems in a word doc.
Email submissions to [email protected]. On a separate document include a one-line author statement of 20 words or less with your submission as well as your email address and telephone number.
We encourage youth of First Nations, culturally diverse and LGTBQ communities to submit!
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Edmonton seeks its Third Youth Poet Laureate
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The City of Edmonton Youth Council and City of Edmonton have put out the call for Edmonton's third Youth Poet Laureate!
In their one-year term, beginning October 1st, Edmonton's
Youth Poet Laureate will reflect the life of a city for youth through readings of poetry, and act as an ambassador for the literary arts in a range of official and informal City activities.
If you have a student between the ages of 13-23 who would be interested in this position, please direct them to this
link and
nomination form. Applications will be accepted until
September 29th, 2017.
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Opportunities for Teachers
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JustWrite in the Mountains
Come write with us in the mountains!
JustWrite is headed to the Rockies
October 27 to 29! Join award winning authors Gail Sidonie Sobat and Thomas Trofimuk at The Black Cat Ranch House nestled in the Rocky Mountains for a weekend dedicated to exploring and nurturing your creative side! Whether you desire a weekend of solitary reflection or a retreat amongst friends, this getaway is for all individuals 18+ wishing to develop their creative writing in a safe and inclusive environment.
Breath in Poetry - Poetry Every Tuesday
Join the
Breath in Poetry Collective for an evening of poetry every Tuesday night at The Nook Cafe (formerly Massawa), starting at 7:00pm!
Stroll of Poets - The Haven Restarts September 18th
The 2017-2018 Haven series is just around the corner! The Haven
sign up page is open to schedule your ten minute reading or volunteer as a mic or door host.
All Stroll members are entitled to a ten minute reading.
Want to be a member or need to renew your membership? Learn more
here
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The Haven happens every
Monday at
7:00pm at the Upper Crust Cafe (10909 86 Ave).
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Thank you for your continued support of the festival and our outreach initiatives!
Sincerely,
Rayanne Doucet & Adriana Onita
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