Orpheus 2019 Night Two
Fort Vancouver High School 5700 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA, United StatesFeatured writers: Jude Brewer, Omar El Akkad, Jewels Pedersen, Laura Moulton, Ben Parzybok.
Free
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Verselandia! East Side Slam
Mt. Hood Community College Theatre 26000 SE Stark Street, Gresham, OR, United StatesLiterary Arts’ Youth Programs presents the first annual Verselandia! East Side Slam. Cheer on high school students in your community as they perform original poetry in front of a panel of judges. Students from participating East Multnomah County high schools will be competing at this event. Following the same rules as national poetry slams, students must perform original work without props, costumes, or music in front of a panel of judges and a live audience. Using a scale of one to ten, the judges will rate both the performance and the writing of each student. Please note that high school students may use adult language and explore adult themes. This event is free and open to the public. Please share with your community and join…
Free
Orpheus 2019 Night Three
Fort Vancouver High School 5700 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA, United StatesFeatured Writers: Shannon Brazil, Daria Eckhardt Eliuk, Aaron Gilbreath, Sophia Shalmiyev, Kristi Straight
Free
Orpheus 2019 Night Four
Fort Vancouver High School 5700 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA, United StatesFeatured writers: Christopher Ryan Gonzalez, Marissa Korbel, Erika Worth
Free
WITS End of Residency Readings: Gresham High School
Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United StatesGresham High School students read their inspiring and original creative writing, celebrating the end of their Writers in the Schools residencies.
Free
WITS Student Reading: Wilson High School
Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United StatesCulmination of the Wilson High School Writers in the Schools (WITS) residencies. Listen to Wilson students read their original creative writing to peers, parents, and community members.
Free
WITS Reading: Parkrose High School
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United StatesWriters in the Schools (WITS) has served public high school students with creative writing residencies in Portland, and more recently Gresham, since 1996. Published local writers collaborate with classroom teachers to lead an immersive semester-long workshop series designed to further class themes, curricula, and student interests. Each residency culminates with a public reading, ordinarily held in a local café or bookstore. With distance learning, we look forward to hosting our reading on Zoom and invite you to join us in celebrating these students and their work. This end-of-residency reading will feature students who worked with WITS writers Carolina Goméz-Montoya, Matt Smith, and WITS apprentice CJ Wiggan. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAldeChrDksH9yeN1iWNV6EdY4e9eBe_qFU After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining…
Free
Submission Deadline: #Virtualandia 2021
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States#Virtualandia! 2021 is an exciting opportunity for students from eligible* Portland-area high schools to take part in a dynamic virtual slam poetry competition presented by Literary Arts. Competitors will take to the mic for a chance to win prizes including the title of #Virtualandia slam champion and corresponding $1,000 visa gift card. Up to 300 youth poets will submit original work via video by midnight Wednesday, March 31 to be reviewed and judged by a diverse group of artists and fans with a pulse on the literary scene. Ten poets will be selected to advance and qualify for our April 29, 2021 grand slam event. These ten students will have their poems professionally recorded and aired during the grand slam event to be scored by…
Free
#Virtualandia! 2021: YOUTH POETRY SLAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States#Virtualandia! 2021 is an exciting opportunity for students from eligible Portland metro area high schools to take part in a dynamic virtual slam poetry competition, and to win prizes like the title of #Virtualandia Slam Champion and corresponding $1,000 Visa gift card. Up to 300 youth poets will submit original work via video by midnight on Wednesday, March 31 to be reviewed and judged by a diverse group of artists and fans with a pulse on the literary scene. Ten poets will advance to our April 29, 2021 grand slam championship event. During the grand slam, these ten students will have their poems professionally recorded, aired, and scored by five judges in the typical Verselandia! tradition, identifying a top five and our next Grand Slam Champion. Tickets for…
Free – $100
Verselandia! 2023
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United StatesYouth Poetry Slam Championship Celebrate Portland’s youth poets during Literary Arts’ annual Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship. Cheer on students from Portland and East Multnomah County public high schools competing for poetic glory at this energetic and inspiring event. Support provided by: To support this event as a sponsor, please contact Lydah DeBin at lydah@literary-arts.org or call 503-989-7110.
$10 – $70
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