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SUMMARY:Youth Poetry Project 2025
DESCRIPTION:Teaching Artists in RFV middle schools for week-long intensives\nOct.-Nov.\, 2025 \nThis fall\, Aspen Words is thrilled to once again partner with the Aspen Education Foundation to bring renowned teaching artists and performance poets into Aspen middle school classrooms. \nFor the fourth year in a row\, professional poets will lead a week-long poetry intensive in every English Language Arts classroom at Aspen\, inspiring students to explore creativity\, self-expression\, and the power of language. \nThe poets will also return to the classrooms at Carbondale and Basalt middle schools. 2025 is the third year working with students in Basalt and the second year returning to Carbondale. \nThe Aspen Words youth poetry project will encompass three weeks of in-classroom instruction – one at each school – and a Student Showcase hosted by Basalt middle school where students from all three schools will perform their original work. \nThe 2025 Poetry Project \n\n\nAspen Middle School: October 20–24 \n\n\nCarbondale Middle School: November 10–14 \n\n\nBasalt Middle School: November 17–21 \n\n\nStudent Showcase: November 20 \n\n\nLearn more and support the Youth Poetry Project here
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/youth-poetry-project-2025/
LOCATION:Colorado
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SUMMARY:Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist Announced November 13
DESCRIPTION:Aspen Words will announce the longlist for the Aspen Words Literary Prize on November 13. \nThe Aspen Words Literary Prize is a $35\,000 annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.  \nAnnually\, open to authors of any nationality\, the award is one of the largest literary prizes in the United States\, and one of the few focused exclusively on fiction with a social impact. Past winners include Mohsin Hamid (2018 for “Exit West”)\, Tayari Jones (2019 for “An American Marriage”)\, Christy Lefteri (2020 for “The Beekeeper of Aleppo”)\, Louise Erdrich (2021 for “The Night Watchman”)\, Dawnie Walton (2022 for “The Final Revival of Opal & Nev”)\, Jamil Jan Kochai (2023 for “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak”)\, Isabella Hammad (2024 for “Enter Ghost”) and Tommy Orange (2025 for “Wandering Stars”). Eligible works include novels or short story collections that address questions of violence\, inequality\, gender\, the environment\, immigration\, religion\, race or other social issues.  \nLearn more about the prize
URL:https://www.aspenwords.org/events/aspen-words-literary-prize-shortlist-announced-november-13/
LOCATION:Colorado
CATEGORIES:Aspen Words Literary Prize
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