This year Brave New Voices will be in Los Angeles, CA from July 19 - 25. Brave New Voices is a monumental festival that features teen poetry slam champions from cities, rural, and suburban areas from all over the world. Convening the top young poets and spoken word artists, aged 13-19, from across the United States to a one-of-a-kind festival that truly engages everyone involved. This year, the six-day festival will be held in Los Angeles and Orlando's own Team Rock It will be in attendance for the 1st time in its' 12 year history.

Recently produced as a seven part series; one part Def Poetry Jam and two-parts documentary, HBO's Brave New Voices is a docu-series that features the finest young spoken word artists in the country.

These young poets represent a growing national movement featuring thousands of teenagers writing and performing spoken word as a way to have voice in their communities. These are the Brave New Voices and the organizations that support them.

To get more information on the Brave New Voices Festival please visit: www.bravenewvoices.org or contact the Spoken Word Press .

 
Common and Talib Kweli @ Brave New Voices 2010