Hello-

Bob Nelson with Anthology here. I am writing to ask you to help us here
at Anthology spread the word about the upcoming 2007 Voices of Youth Teen
Poetry Festival here in the Greater Phoenix Area.

This event involves the libraries of Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Peoria,
Tempe, Glendale, and Scottsdale- an unprecedented scope of support and
participation for this critical event in the valley.

We are asking teens to come out and read their poetry. Our sponsor,
Bookman's Entertainment Exchange, has offered over $300 in prizes for the
events.

Each library is hosting a poetry slam, with as many as 15 teens being
allowed to compete for $25 in Bookman's trade credit. But it get's even
better, because the top 2 poets from each show automatically qualify for the
Huge finals show, happening April 28th at Burton Barr library in Phoneix for
the chance to win $100 in Bookman's trade credit.

The event has a website, http://voy.anthology.org.

We need your help. We need you to pass this information on to anyone that
might be interested in participating, we are looking for teens 13-18.
Interested poets should register through the VOY website, because only 15
poets will be allowed to read at each location.

This is the single largest locally organized poetry event the valley will
see this year, and it's success can use all the support you have to offer,
even if it's just passing the website on to teens, their parents or anyone
else that might be interested in being a part of this tremendous event.

Here's the schedule of the preliminary events, and teens are welcome to
register for any of them that they would like....

Glendale
April 5th, 2007 6pm-9pm
Main Library
5959 W. Brown St.

Chandler
April 7th, 2007 1pm-3pm
Downtown Branch,
22 S Deleware St.

Peoria
April 14th, 2007
1pm-3pm Main Library
8463 W. Monroe St.

Tempe
April 14th, 2007 1pm-3pm
3500 S. Rural Rd

Mesa
April 21st, 2007 1pm-3pm
Main Library, 64 E 1st St.

Phoenix
Phoenix- Ironwood Branch
April 21st, 2007 1pm-3pm
4333 E. Chandler Blvd.

Phoenix- Ocotillo Branch
April 22nd, 2007 1pm-3pm
102 W. Southern Ave.

Scottsdale
April 7th, 2007 1pm-3pm
Mustang Library, 10101 North 90th Street


Finals

Phoenix Burton Barr Library
April 28th
1pm-3pm
1221 N. Central Ave.

Thank you for supporting this tremendous event, and this tremendous
opportunity for teens to be heard.


Bob Nelson
Executive Director, Anthology, Inc.
PO Box 4411
Mesa, AZ 85211-4411
(480) 461-8200
bob@...


Anthology¹s mission is to promote performance poetry and associated literary
arts in the greater Phoenix community by providing opportunities for artists
to perform their work and by making spokenword arts accessible to a diverse
audience. More information on Anthology and how you can become a member can
be found at http://www.anthology.org .