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Summer Open Mic Series
Thursday, July 11
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
Join us on Thursday, July 11, for our second open mic of the Summer Open Mic Series. Ten readers will be given three minutes to perform their work (poetry, a song, a story excerpt, etc.) in front of a live audience at Girls Write Now headquarters. We will begin with a group generative writing exercise to explore our own creativity before hearing from performers. Enjoy light snacks and refreshments!
Please message Azia Armstead on Slack if you are interested in performing.
Upcoming Open Mic Dates:
July 25, August 8, August 22, September 5
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
