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Special Events
Open Mic: A Creative Showcase
Thursday, October 24
5-6 PM ET
in-person event; open to the public
including all mentees, mentors & alum
Join for the next event in our Open Mic Series! Each reader is given three minutes to perform their work—poetry, stories, songs, excerpts, and more—in front of a live audience at Girls Write Now. We will begin with a generative group writing exercise to explore our own creativity before hearing from performers. Enjoy light snacks and refreshments!
To attend this event, create a Girls Write Now account and register for this event through the portal.
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