Moonstone Poetry Reading with New Voices: Emerging Poets

Saturday November 12 @ 2PM — VIRTUAL

Registration Required – Register Here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuduGqqzIiGdMlWS6MiZcP2t8f1F0h-zaD

 Avik Belenje, age 15, has studied poetry at Poetry Power, he has received the Silver Key from Scholastic Arts and Writing Regional Awards and four First Place Awards from California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Inc.

Cydney Brown was the 2020-2021 Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate and author of Daydreaming. A Freshman at Northwestern University she has been writing poetry since 5th grade. She has been featured in The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, 6abc, Philadelphia Citizen, and Fox29 and loves that there are no limitations to writing. Her poetry explore social justice, self-image, love, and nature. Cydney won first place in The National Hip Hop workshop competition, is the Recipient of The Romero Scholarship For Excellence In Spoken Word and is a Gold Award Lifetime Member Girl Scout who is active in improving her community and is the recipient of The Good Citizenship Award. Cydney wishes to inspire people to speak their truth and share her poetry with the world.

Jules Hostetter is a poet from Pennsylvania. She currently studies creative writing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her poems explore depression/anxiety, love, and sexuality. She loves collecting records, roller skating, and playing guitar.

王潇/Evan Wang is the inaugural Montgomery County Youth Poet Laureate from Pennsylvania. His work is forthcoming or has been published in VIBE, Philadelphia Stories, National Poetry Quarterly, and elsewhere. He is an alumnus of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio and an Anaphora Fellow. His work has been recognized by or featured at Wawa Welcome America, the ruth weiss foundation, Bleeding Soul Poetry, and Society of Poetry.