2023 All Writes Reserved (AWR) Team Finals Program

Team Finals April 27, 2023

7PM, Holland Center newriters.org

Welcome to Team Finals!

Thank you for joining us in this celebration of spoken word poetry. As everyone who participates in All Writes Reserved (AWR) knows, the points are not the point. The point is poetry. We congratulate the Lincoln High School, Omaha Central High School, Norfolk High School, and Skutt Catholic High School teams for making it to the Team Finals stage, and we thank all of the participants from these other schools and organizations that helped make this a fantastic year of AWR!

*Bellevue East HS, *Bellevue West HS, Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, Culxr House, *Duchesne Academy, *Fremont HS, Grand Island Senior HS, Gretna HS, *Lincoln East HS, *Lincoln Northeast HS, *Lincoln Northstar HS, *Lincoln Southeast HS, *Lincoln Southwest HS, *Millard North HS, *Millard South HS, *Ogallala HS, Omaha Benson HS, Omaha Bryan HS, *Omaha Burke HS, Omaha Northwest HS, *Omaha South HS, *Westside HS, *Westside MS, York High School *Teams denoted with an asterisk qualified for Semi-Finals

Program Welcome from Zedeka Poindexter & Gina Tranisi Nebraska Writers Collective Co-Executive Directors

Showcase poems from Millard North HS, Grand Island Senior HS, and Bellevue West HS

Hosts Jewel Rodgers & Stacey Waite

Introduce AWR & start the competition

Poetry Rounds 1-4 Spirit of the Slam Awards Poetry Round 5 Announcement of Winners With gratitude to all Teaching Artists and Teacher Sponsors who helped these poets & their poems see stages across Nebraska this year!

Thank You! The NWC invests more $1,000 per All Writes Reserved student each August through April to provide the mentoring needed to let them truly master the art of spoken word poetry. Our work would not be possible without: Academy of American Poets, Annette & Paul Smith Charitable Foundation, Humanities Nebraska, Lozier Foundation, Mammel Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Nebraska Arts Council, Nebraska Cultural Endowment, Omaha Community Foundation, Omaha Public Schools Foundation, Tina & Dan Lonergan, The Heider Family, The Sherwood Foundation, The Sommers, Weitz Family Foundation

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