This school year, kids will put pen to paper and compose poems as part of our annual “blu is for Apples ” competition. Hoffman’s Chocolates and the Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Network of the Jason Taylor Foundation are partnering with Broward and Miami-Dade County Public Schools to hold the contest. HOW TO SUBMIT: […]
>> Register Now For Louder Than A Bomb Florida! << >> Click Here for 2024 LTABFLA Rules & Guidelines! << Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB) was founded in 2001, through the Young Chicago Authors, by Kevin Coval and Anna West and went on to become the largest youth poetry festival […]
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! Our annual bluapple Poetry & Leadership Conference is for passionate wordsmiths, soulful singers, songwriters, and storytellers in alliance with professional poets coming right out of South Florida. This year, we will have the privilege to expand virtually, diversifying our community and elevating voices. Come join us, and students from […]
Each summer, the Jason Taylor Foundation, through its Omari Hardwick bluapple Poetry Network, celebrates the beginning of the school year with the introduction of its newest and most fashion forward event to date. “The Get Up” An Urban Fashion Experience presented by AVEDA Institute South Florida, is a showcase of fashion, poetry and music […]
SOUTH FLORIDA YOUTH POET LAUREATE • • The Jason Taylor Foundation is in the final stretch of accepting talented poet submissions for its South Florida Youth Poet Laureate program through February 9th, 2024. Well known for its being one of the leading ways of identifying powerful youth poets, the competition, looks to give young […]
Open Mics
The bluapple Poetry Network’s Educator’s Studio is a free series of workshops and discussions dedicated to providing teachers of writing and the arts with resources, concepts, and lesson plans that can be utilized in their classrooms, after school clubs, and other projects that inspire youth through poetry. Guest facilitators from Florida and across the […]
#JournalingForJustice was born out of the bluapple Poetry Network wanting to make sure that there is a maintained and concentrated focus on poems that address social justice. Many poems come through the bluapple Poetry Network and they are written by people from varied walks of life. However, #JournalingForJustice will highlight poems that directly address […]
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