Watch young poets from all over the Bay Area compete to become a finalist at the international Brave New Voices youth poetry festival!
For over 25 years, the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam has propelled spoken word around the globe. A poetry slam is an olympic-style competition where poets have 3 minutes and 30 seconds to rock the stage and 5 judges silently score each poem. The Teen Poetry Slam consists of 3 rounds -- preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals.
The 10 competing poets will advance to the Semi Finals on March 21st at the San Francisco Public Library.
Want to compete? The slam is open to anyone 19 and under! The sign up list will open at 5:00pm at the check in table. 24 slots are available. Performers will make the list on a first come first serve basis and the top scoring poet of the night will take home a prize!
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For over 25 years, the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam has propelled spoken word around the globe. A poetry slam is an olympic-style competition where poets have 3 minutes and 30 seconds to rock the stage and 5 judges silently score each poem. The Teen Poetry Slam consists of 3 rounds -- preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals.
The 10 competing poets will advance to the Semi Finals on March 21st at the San Francisco Public Library.
Want to compete? The slam is open to anyone 19 and under! The sign up list will open at 5:00pm at the check in table. 24 slots are available. Performers will make the list on a first come first serve basis and the top scoring poet of the night will take home a prize!
Watch young poets from all over the Bay Area compete to become a finalist at the international Brave New Voices youth poetry festival!
For over 25 years, the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam has propelled spoken word around the globe. A poetry slam is an olympic-style competition where poets have 3 minutes and 30 seconds to rock the stage and 5 judges silently score each poem. The Teen Poetry Slam consists of 3 rounds -- preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals.
The 10 competing poets will advance to the Semi Finals on March 21st at the San Francisco Public Library.
Want to compete? The slam is open to anyone 19 and under! The sign up list will open at 5:00pm at the check in table. 24 slots are available. Performers will make the list on a first come first serve basis and the top scoring poet of the night will take home a prize!
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For over 25 years, the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam has propelled spoken word around the globe. A poetry slam is an olympic-style competition where poets have 3 minutes and 30 seconds to rock the stage and 5 judges silently score each poem. The Teen Poetry Slam consists of 3 rounds -- preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals.
The 10 competing poets will advance to the Semi Finals on March 21st at the San Francisco Public Library.
Want to compete? The slam is open to anyone 19 and under! The sign up list will open at 5:00pm at the check in table. 24 slots are available. Performers will make the list on a first come first serve basis and the top scoring poet of the night will take home a prize!
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