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Summer Open Mic Series
Thursday, June 20
6-7:15 pm ET
in-person event; open to the public
including all mentees, mentors & alum
Girls Write Now Headquarters
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10018
Mic check! Join us for the launch of our Summer Open Mic Series. Ten readers will perform their three-minute poems, songs, stories, and other original work in front of a live audience at Girls Write Now’s headquarters. We begin with a generative creative writing exercise for all before featuring the main performances. Light snacks and refreshments will be served!
Please message Azia Armstead on Slack if you are interested in performing.
Meet the Teaching Artist
Azia Armstead
Azia Armstead (she/her) is a poet from Richmond, Virginia. She holds an MFA in Poetry from New York University where she received the Goldwater Fellowship. In 2019, Azia was a finalist for the Furious Flower Poetry Prize judged by A. Van Jordan and honorable mention for the Arts Club of Washington’s Scholarship Award for Poetry. Azia was chosen as a finalist for the 2023 Nine Syllables Press Chapbook Contest. Her work has appeared in Boston Review, The Quarry, Obsidian, Rattle and elsewhere. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
This event is open to:
all mentees, all mentors, program alum and the public
