Venice Chamber Of Commerce: Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Applications

Press release from the Venice Chamber of Commerce:

February 28, 2022

Calling all CA student poets-of-color! Applications for the Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Prize are now open, one year after Amanda made history as the nation's youngest Inaugural Poet. As a teenager, Amanda began developing her poetry as a participant in the Beyond Baroque Student Poets’ Program, and later credited Beyond Baroque as the place “where a young poet found the love of her life.”

To further Amanda’s legacy and support student poets-of-color in their development, Beyond Baroque will provide a total of $10,000 in scholarship and prize money to high school students in 2022. College-bound, CA-based students in 12th grade can apply for a scholarship award, while students in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade are invited to submit to a separate poetry contest. Applications are due by May 1st.

No longer a student, but interested in helping spread the word about this incredible opportunity? Email phoebe@beyondbaroque.org to receive and distribute a flier to the young writers in your community.

This press release was produced by the Venice Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.