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Follow on Google News | Metro-area youth poets prep for popular Slam poetry contest: Louder Than a BombBy: Nebraska Writers Collective The non-profit organization, Nebraska Writers Collective, (http://newriters.org/) Semi-final rounds take place April 7th and 8th at the Joslyn Art Museum and the Durham Museum in Omaha. Team Finals will be held at the Holland Performing Arts Center April 20th. The festival ends in Lincoln with Individual Finals on May 2nd. Many workshops and events take place throughout the festival, which begins in schools every Fall and culminates in a friendly tournament throughout March and April of the following year. (LTAB) LTAB has impacted thousands of metro students and provided paid work opportunities for accomplished area poets... It focuses on cooperation, with teams of students working together to write, revise, and rehearse their own creative performances. The festival was founded in 2001 by Young Chicago Authors, ‘to bring teens together across racial, gang, and socio-economic lines… [and] emphasizes self-expression and community via poetry, oral story-telling, and hip-hop spoken word.’ (LTAB). Founded in 2008, Nebraska Writers Collective is an Omaha-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that promotes creative writing and performance poetry throughout the Midwest. NWC’s mission has expanded to encompass all forms of creative literary expression. The NWC pursues this mission via hands-on writing workshops, by bringing nationally-known performance poets to Nebraska, and by working with other organizations to provide a variety of literary outreach programs. All of these programs are designed to provide paid work opportunities that help retain local talent in Nebraska and to attract world-class writers to Nebraska. (NWC) Contacts: Matt Mason- Nebraska Writers Collective- Director 402/680-8755, director@newriters.org Stacey Waite- Nebraska Writers Collective- Core Teaching Artist 402/472-1827, staceyawaite@ Videos: Louder Than A Bomb Competition- https://www.youtube.com/ https://www.youtube.com/ https://youtu.be/ LTAB 2015 Promotional Videos: https://www.youtube.com/ Photos: Contact holly@bergmanincentives.com (for jpg files.) Facebook: Louder Than A Bomb: Great Plains Youth Poetry Festival https://www.facebook.com/ Contact the writer: Holly West P: 402.661.7924 (available during business hours) C: 402.689.7725 (during nights or weekends) holly@bergmanincentives.com End
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