O, Miami Poetry

We asked Miamians, “What will you miss when Miami is gone?” These are their answers: 197 pieces from 165 writers and artists, ranging from high schoolers to retirees and hailing from all corners of Miami-Dade County. Edited and with an Introduction by Mario Ariza, Waterproof: Evidence of a Miami Worth Remembering is a collection of micro-elegies to Miami places. Purchase your copy here https://bit.ly/4flys2a. 📕

To our incredible community of teachers and educators - If you haven’t already, we invite you to join our Curriculum Club! This free resource will provide a suite of creative writing lessons for use within your classroom that are scalable across grade levels. 🧑🏫 Opt-in here https://bit.ly/4epMlvK and share this with educators in your network!

Submissions are now open for the 2025 Derricotte/Eady Chapbook Prize! Named after our co-founders, Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, the Derricotte/Eady Prize is awarded annually to support one poet's chapbook-length manuscript. Brandon D. Johnson will serve as the 2025 Prize judge. Cave Canem is honored to once again partner with O, Miami Poetry to produce the annual Derricotte/Eady Prize in collaboration with The Writer’s Room at The Betsy - South Beach. The Winner of the 2025 Derricotte/Eady Prize will receive: • A $1,000 monetary prize • Publication of their manuscript through O, Miami Books • 10 copies of their chapbook • A residency at The Writer’s Room at The Betsey Hotel-South Beach • A featured reading at the O, Miami Festival in April 2025 Submissions close November 6, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET. For more information, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/e7WtniXw 📸 of Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady by Marcus Jackson

Come workshop your 2025 Festival project idea with O, Miami! 💡 We’re hosting 3 info sessions; join us to get your questions answered or bounce your ideas off of friends! Reserve your spot now! Session 1: 📍Offsite Miami (8250 Northeast 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33138) 📆Thursday, October 3rd 🕡6:30 - 7:30 pm 🔗https://bit.ly/4dj4Wsr Session 2 📍Main Library (101 West Flagler Street Miami, FL 33130) 📆Saturday, October 5 🕑2:00 - 3:00 pm 🔗 https://bit.ly/4gHgNDM Session 3 📍Zoom (🧑💻) 📆Monday, October 7 🕗8:00 - 9:00 pm 🔗 https://bit.ly/4ezRl0Y

EDUCATORS! Take a L👀K at our newest offering just for you: Curriculum Club. When you opt in to join Curriculum Club, you’ll receive a thematic suite of poetry / creative writing lessons per semester. All you need to do to sign up is fill out the form linked here 🔗 https://bit.ly/4epMlvK Share this totally free resource with your fellow educators! These lessons are scaleable across grade levels. 🎓

🌱Greenhouse Teachers’ Lab: Creative Approaches for Challenging Topics ➡️ In this lesson, students will be introduced to personification and objectification as lenses to investigate social phenomena through group discussion and poetry. Head here https://bit.ly/3Tunij0 to watch the full video on our YouTube Channel, and download the printable Lesson Guide in the video description!

O, Miami was recently featured in this The Washington Post story about cuts made to crucial arts funding across our state. The piece spotlights Mikah Amani, Sunroom teacher and O, Miami Greenhouse Alum who has been personally affected by these funding cuts to art organizations that provide opportunities for working artists that wouldn’t be available otherwise. This year alone we have paid $149,323 directly to 80+ multidisciplinary artists including teaching artists and emerging writers. We are so proud to be a part of the diverse, brilliant arts community in our state, and are steadfast in our commitment to building a stronger Miami and a stronger Florida where art and self-expression are equally available to everyone. Please consider supporting O, Miami by 📚Purchasing a book 🤝Volunteering with us 💚Making a donation Read the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/e-kKNK4Q

All year we educate, in April - we celebrate! 🥳 ➡️Each festival begins on April 1 and ends on April 30. Mixing site-specific events, community gatherings, and poetry-in-public-places projects, the festival strives to be a celebration of Miami and its people. 💡The O, Miami Poetry Festival Call is open to submissions from anyone. We welcome ideas that engage community and amplify poetry in unexpected ways. 💙Principal funding for this yearly poetry party is provided by the Knight Foundation. The submission portal for our 14th annual festival is officially open! Submit your ideas by Tuesday, October 15, 2024. https://lnkd.in/dGmf9ZCG

Summer ➡️ Sunroom The kids are back in school and that means our Sunroom poetry-in-schools programming is ramping up for the new academic year! Sunroom brings teaching artists into classrooms across Miami-Dade county for 10-week poetry residences. You can support by: ✏️Purchasing an item from our Sunroom Supplies Drive 📚Sponsoring 1 Day of Sunroom 🖍️Paying a Teaching Artist for the Sunroom Semester 🧑🏫Plus so much more! Every dollar counts! Support our education work at any level here https://bit.ly/3Z5hikr.

🌱Greenhouse Teachers’ Lab: Writing Through Visualization ➡️ In this lesson, you’ll find guidance for encouraging students to explore their imaginations to develop visualization skills for bold, vivid, and deeply personal creative writing. Click here https://bit.ly/3YWlsv5 to watch the full video on our YouTube Channel, and download the printable Lesson Guide in the video description!