{"id":10905,"date":"2019-01-29T10:07:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T15:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/?p=10905"},"modified":"2023-12-10T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T23:14:30","slug":"10905","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasontaylorfoundation.com\/2024\/news\/10905\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida Youth Poet Laureate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SOUTH FLORIDA YOUTH POET LAUREATE<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Jason Taylor Foundation is in the final stretch of accepting talented poet submissions for its South Florida Youth Poet Laureate<\/strong> program through February 9th, 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Well known for its being one of the leading ways of identifying powerful youth poets, the competition, looks to give young minds a means of showing off their best work.\u00a0 Upon submitting their 5 commendable written poems<\/strong>, a Youth Poet Laureate and two ambassadors<\/strong> will be selected by a group of 5 community judges.\u00a0 Each judge will be evaluating applicants’ works using an identical rubric where the highest numbers ranked will be the ones chosen to represent South Florida locally, as well as on the National Youth Poet Laureate<\/strong><\/a> platform.\u00a0 In addition, each finalist will be allowed the opportunity for various performance engagements and the winner will collaborate with the bluapple Poetry leadership team to have their work published as a chapbook and enjoy a book release event during the Louder Than A Bomb Florida<\/strong><\/a> festival. Furthermore, the winner may have their work featured in the Youth Poet Laureate\u2019s National Anthology<\/strong>, published by Urban Word NYC<\/strong><\/a>, a youth literary arts movement at the forefront of creativity in the United States.<\/p>\n

The Youth Poet Laureate program seeks not only to discover proficient writers but community leaders.\u00a0 Shnayjaah Jeanty<\/strong>, the 2023 South Florida Youth Poet Laureate<\/strong> winner, is a perfect example of this.\u00a0 Her submission displayed exceptional poetry, an honest biography, and an exemplary resume of her community leadership work making her nomination one to rank highly.<\/p>\n

If you are between the\u00a0ages of 13 and\u00a019<\/strong> and are a creative, artistic, and aspiring young mind who wishes to partake in this advantageous competition, please apply by submitting your 5 written poems, a resume, biography, and photo<\/strong> and click the online application<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0 Good luck to all!<\/p>\n

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