your vision, your voice
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s Vision+Voice Poetry Contest has had more submissions than any other year in our 7 year history.
WAY TO GO, POETS!
Our judges will now begin carefully going through all 750+ poems to select the very best for recognition.
Winners will be announced on February 15 – stay tuned for the big announcement!
The submission window for the 2019-20 Vision+Voice Poetry Contest has closed. Winners will be announced on February 15.
Here are some important dates and details:
If you have been itching to get your poems out into the world and be a published writer, now is the time. Whether you have written one poem or twenty poems, we want to read them. You have until the end of the year to submit your poems, so it is time to flex those poetry muscles and let the creativity flow!
Remind your parents, teachers, and friends about this year’s Vision+Voice Poetry Contest so that we can beat last year’s submission count. Last year, we had over 700 submissions from almost every school in ACC’s service district – you can help us beat that number!
Feeling stuck? Check out this quick article with 36 tips for writing awesome poetry: https://www.writingforward.com/poetry-writing/poetry-writing-tips !
If you are a teacher (or parent) and want to know how to spread the word about V+V please email info@visionandvoice.org.
Thanks so much to all who attended the Awards Reception on Friday – we packed the house (mall) with poets and their entourages. Great food + great speakers + great videos = happy families. We had a blast and hope you did, too!
I know everyone’s anxious to see the red carpet photos from the event, but they’re not quite ready yet. In the meantime, please enjoy these photos that were taken at KLRU studios on the famous ACL stage.
Super-stars, one and all!
If you took photos at the event and would like to share them, please send them to pmonear@austincc.edu.
We are SUPER-EXCITED about our big party tonight to celebrate the poets who participated in the 2019 Vision+Voice Poetry Contest.
SEE the posters!
READ the anthology!
MEET your fellow poets!
WATCH the poetry videos!
GLAM IT UP on the red carpet!
If you know someone who wants to be here tonight but can’t make it, please share this link to the event live stream. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to share the refreshments via technology, so we really hope you can be here in person.
Did I mention that we’re SUPER-EXCITED?!
It’s a big party and we want you to be there!
We’re SO EXCITED to unveil this year’s poetry posters and the Vision+Voice Anthology, and we can’t wait to show you the great videos that KLRU created for us.
Friday, April 26
7-9pm
ACC Highland Campus, Building 4000
6101 Highland Campus Drive Austin, TX 78752
Come ready for red carpet photos, great food, and live music.
No RSVP required – all are welcome!
Are you looking for Vision+Voice? Maybe you want to submit a poem? Read a poem? Look at last year’s winning poets? Point your browser to the new home of the K through 12 poetry competition:
https://k12.visionandvoice.org
Why did we move, you ask? Well, we’re growing, both in the number of schools that are included in the Vision+Voice family, but also in the types of projects we’re creating.
My original idea for Vision+Voice was to include all the schools and ISDs in the ACC service area, celebrating the visions and voices in our communities. We’re aiming for that goal, adding schools every week! If you know of a private school, public school, school school, or even home-school school — let them know about us! Our competition is open to any K-12 student in the ACC service area! We want you!
But our vision always included other voices, too. This year, we’re working on an amazing new project with men and women who have served our country in the armed forces. We want vets to have a voice here, and so we’re creating a memoir project. More on that project as it develops!
Visit us again. We’ll let you know more about our new ideas as they develop. And if you have ideas for Vision+Voice, we want to hear from you! Email me at mdaude@austincc.edu.
Finally, to our poets, here’s an old one: Write on.
Matthew Daude Laurents
Dean, Liberal Arts: Humanities and Communications
Austin Community College is participating in the WEST Austin Studio Tour and we are thrilled to announce that Vision+Voice will be a part of the fun. Please stop by our Highland Campus to tour our new arts facilities – you may see something you’d like to write a poem about!
free & open to the public
We are very fortunate that KLRU (our local PBS station) has been a supporter of Vision+Voice since we started in 2013. They generously offer up their talent, time, and facilities to tape the winning and honorable mention poets reading their poems. The videos will be premiered at the Vision+Voice Award Reception on April 13th, and are then posted online at KLRU and here on the Vision+Voice website. This year, our judges have selected 50 winning and honorable mention poems, and we want to tape ALL of them.
Poets: you do not need to memorize your poems! I will have the poems printed for you.
The time-slots are filling up quickly, please contact me to schedule your taping: pmonear@austincc.edu.
See you soon!
Hello, Poets!
We hope you’re enjoying your brand new school year, and thought you’d like to know some important dates for the upcoming Vision+Voice Poetry Contest.
Submissions for the 2018 contest are being accepted through February 19, 2018. Submit your poem today!
Winners announced: March 1, 2018
Award Ceremony: April 13, 2018
We can’t wait to read your new poems!
This year I had the honor of being among some of the most talented young creative writers in Austin. Young people of all ages crowded a banquet room brimming with beautiful floral bouquets, dressed tables, and a mini red carpet just for them. Vision + Voice has had an impressive 4 year run and as the years go by the number of student poetry writers increases and amazes. I had a chat with several of these young writers and couldn’t help but fawn over the mix of adorable and well thought out interview answers, many of which impressed me. Continue reading “2017 The Interviews”
