The World’s Premier Youth Poetry Event

Brave New Voices is the only festival of its kind. Every year, over 500 young poets and the nation’s leading artists convene in a different U.S. city for four days of arts education, performance, and civic engagement.

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Brave New Voices

The Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival is a four day festival that brings the best youth poets from around the world. The festival consists of workshops, showcases, service learning, and slam competition. Learn more about the inner workings that makes Brave New Voices the premier youth event of the year.


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