We want to find the best young spoken word talent out there to perform at our Online Festival!

Whether you are influenced by poetry, lyricism, rap or hip hop – we want to hear from you! Never has it been more important to use your voice.

We are looking for young people with a real passion for spoken word aged 16 – 30.

The winner of our spoken word talent call out will perform on either 15 or 16 August from our temporary television studio at the top of the Upper Norwood Library Hub to an audience of thousands.

How to enter

To enter please send any video footage of your live performances to our Festival Director Noreen at info@crystalpalacefestival.org with your social media links.

Or if you have questions please do drop an email to Noreen at that address.

Closing date for your entry is 5pm on Sunday 26 July 2020.

Our judges are:

Zena Edwards

Zena’s writing has been critiqued for its “meeting of styles”, as she brings classic western writing, an urban soulful edge, that meanders between meditation and mobilization. Her work is politically driven, favouring the search for balance between the brutal and the beautiful, the pragmatic and the idealistic, and the spiritual and the carnal. Her work has a viscerality that moves and enthralls her audiences. Conviction to the intergrity of truthseeking makes Zena’s work insightful to the light and dark of the world and yet displays a sense of awe about it goodnewzee.wordpress.com

Joe Duggan

Joe is a poet, writer and facilitator, originally from Northern Ireland. His first full collection Fizzbombs was published by Tall Lighthouse in 2008. He was highly commended in The Forward Prize 2009 and featured in the Forward Book of Poetry 2010.  His work has been published by Brand, Abridged, Fingerpost, Bear in Mind (Lagan Press), Cúirt Journal and the Shuffle Anthology.  In 2014 his poem Library Lovers was chosen by The National Poetry Library as part of their 60th Birthday Celebrations to be included in an exhibition of modern contemporary poets alongside Andrew Motion, Mimi Khalvati, Emily Berry, Vahni Capildeo, Heather Phillipson, Carol Rumens and others and is now hosted on the National Poetry Library website joedugganwrites.com

Brokenpen

Brokenpen is a multi abled artist hailing from Angola Africa, living in south east London. “Pen” as he is referred to by his peers has been performing since 28 November 2017 but writing since the age of 18, he now considers himself a wordsmith of sorts, and airbender of kinds and an all round lyricist. Inspired by an eclectic mix of music, Brokenpen aims to share the art form he has crafted for over time with anyone who resonates with the message he feels is given to him by the most high. There is not much left to be said about Pen but when asked why his name is Brokenpen he states, “my pen breaks every time that I start writing from the weight of my life, its exciting emerging from the darkness just to realise that you’ve always been enlightened” Insta @brokenpen_ 

 

 

 

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