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"In Our Words" anthology. Selected poems will be published in conjunction with the Poetry Center San José.
Prizes: 1st $500 | 2nd $250 | 3rd $100
In partnership with the VTA, selected poems/quotes will be printed and displayed on the VTA through Santa Clara county.
Selected poems will be part of a light projection installation in San Jose (additional locations to be confirmed).
"Our youth are the arbitrators of our success as a human race but if they are ignored, that future is in jeopardy. It is unfair to ask our youth to have to willingly inherit a world that adults are curating, without a voice in it. Young voices like Greta Thunberg prove that when provided with a platform, our youth encourage and foster change. Poetry has indelible healing power and has been used to work through peoples' innermost thoughts to gain clarity. It has enormous therapeutic powers when reading and writing it. It engages in partnership with our emotions, making it effective in connecting with our minds."
Tshaka Campbell, Santa Clara Poet Laureate, 2022