"Row, Row, Roe v. Wade" Team Houston, BNV Finals 2023
YouthSpeaks.org | #YouthSpeaks @YouthSpeaks Poets: Ariana, Kylan, Myaan 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. Brave New Voices was held in San Francisco in 2023, and will be held in Washington DC in 2024. For more info, go to https://youthspeaks.org/bravenewvoices/. Brave New Voices is hosted by Youth Speaks. Founded in 1996 in San Francisco, Youth Speaks is a leading presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs. Trailblazers of local and national youth poetry slams, festivals, and more, Youth Speaks offers a comprehensive slate of literary arts education programs and provides numerous opportunities for youth to be published and heard. Youth Speaks has worked with hundreds of thousands of youth and has helped create partner programs in 47 cities across the United States.

2014 - Brave New Voices (Finals) - "Somewhere in America" by Los Angeles Team

Rhiannon McGavin - "Smile"

Student's viral poem asks 'Why am I not good enough?'

Scar_Poetry - I Was Not Raised by Soft Women | Rafinki Open Mic (March edition)

“My Name is Faith” by Faith Jané - @TheSanctuaryPoetry Season 1: Episode 2

Swedish popstar Zara Larsson first ever audition in Sweden's Got Talent (Talang) 2008

"How to Get Catcalled 101" by Urban Word (Brave New Voices 2023)

Sophie Priceman - How Teenage Girls Are Like Poetry

Penny for your THOT

Maia Mayor - "Perfect"

"Hurt People, Hurt People" Team Pittsburg Prodigies. BNV 2025, Madison Wisconsin

"Shoot Your Shot" Team Chicago • Brave New Voices 2019

"Rape Joke" by Get Lit

Sarah Kay - Devoted

NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2023 - Andrea Gibson - MAGA HAT IN THE CHEMO ROOM

Maia Mayor - "I Want to Be" | Classic Slam 2019

"Why are Muslims So..." by Detroit Team (Brave New Voices)

Pause: Lincoln High Slam Poets at TEDxLincoln

Blythe Baird - When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny

