Thank you to everyone involved for a phenomenal Poetry Festival this year! Here’s some highlights 🎞️
Thank you to Hala Alyan, Nickole Brown, Claudia Cortese, Richie Hofmann, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Donika Kelly, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Cecily Parks, R.A. Villanueva, and Sally Wen Mao for your words, your generosity, and your inspiration. We are honored to know you and to be a part of your journey💛
Another big thank you to our wonderful Poetry Fest committee, Codirectors Madisen Gummer and Amanda Pendley, and committee members Zachariah Claypole White, Zoë Cuniffe, Ash Freeman, Makayla Gay, Catalina Irigoyen, Joshua Leonard, Greer McAllister, Anushka Nagarmath, Kate Peters, and Chloe Phillips. We celebrate your hard work today and every day.
The 2023 Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival
Free and open to the public, this year our festival will happen on April 21st - 23rd, here on campus! We are proud to feature readings, a panel, craft talks, and generative sessions with Hala Alyan, Nickole Brown, Claudia Cortese, Richie Hofmann, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Donika Kelly, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Cecily Parks, R.A. Villanueva and more. For more information please email us at slcpoetryfest@gmail.com or follow our social media pages, and RSVP through our eventbrite.
About the Poetry Festival
The Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival is the largest, open, student-run Poetry Festival in New York. Since 2003, we have been dedicated to the celebration of contemporary poetry and the creation of community around the art form. Previously, we have welcomed poets such as Tracy K. Smith, Anne Carson, Nicole Sealy, Jos Charles, Eduardo C. Corral, and many others. Our festival includes readings, panel discussions, generative sessions, craft talks, and more! We hope to see you there.
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We are beyond excited to inaugurate this year’s SLC Poetry Festival! Events will begin at 6 pm, starting with our open mic. Come join us for a very lyrical evening 📝
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We’d like to give a big thank you to our Alumni Judge, Nick Soluri, for choosing our undergraduate and MFA contest winners this year!
We are so happy to announce that we have nine MFA contest winners, all reading at 2:30 pm on Sunday, April 23rd in Heimbold’s Donnelly Theater!
We designed this contest to bring MFA students from different programs together to celebrate a weekend of poetry. We hope you’ll come join us in hearing from our winners this Sunday!
Not pictured: Julie Chen representing Brooklyn College, Nat Ward representing Brooklyn College
Introducing our three wonderful undergraduate contest winners for this year’s poetry festival, Emma DeNaples, Emma Cameron, and Jane Scheiber!
Emma DeNaples will be opening the Friday evening reading for Donika Kelly and Sally Wen Mao at 8:00 pm.
Emma Cameron will be opening the Saturday evening reading with Diana Khoi Nguyen and Hala Alyan at 6:00 pm.
Jane Scheiber will be opening the Sunday evening reading with Cecily Parks and R.A. Villanueva at 5:00 pm.
All three readings will be held in Heimbold Auditorium in the Donnelly Theater. We hope to see you there!
So many wonderful readings to attend! We’re eager to hear what this year’s poets have to share ✍️
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We are looking forward to hosting this amazing panel between such talented poets. Join us on Saturday the 21st!
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Have you heard about our upcoming generative sessions yet? We’re so excited!
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Here are the craft talks we will be offering during the 2023 Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival!
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And finally, here is our official Sunday schedule!
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11:00am - Craft Talk with Richie Hofmann in Slonim Living Room
12:00pm - Reading with Emily Jungmin Yoon in Donnelly Theater (Heimbold)
1:00pm - Generative Session with Cecily Parks in Heimbold 208
2:00pm - Lunch in Heimbold Atrium
2:30pm - NYC-area MFA Writing Contest Reading in Donnelly Theater (Heimbold)
3:30pm - Reading with Nickole Brown in Donnelly Theater (Heimbold)
4:30pm - Cocktail Hour (hors d'oeuvres) in Heimbold Atrium
5:00pm - 6:30pm - Reading with Cecily Parks and R.A. Villanueva in Donnelly Theater (Heimbold)
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