A Triangle Open Mic Night is in the Works

Last night, I met with the co-heads of my school's literary magazine, Triangle, and they agreed to help sponsor my open reading. We have a date set for April 23 and are still working on some of the details, but at the moment it looks like there will be food, various types of lighting and, basically, a lot of fun. We plan to design it to be fairly informal so there won't be any pre-sign up. Girls will just be able to show up on the night of with their work memorized or night and perform.
This is the first big event I've ever organized and I'm a little nervous about pulling it off, but mostly excited. So far, I've learned this type of thing involves a lot of emails and meetings. I've had two meetings about it so far and I am scheduled to meet with the school's Director of Activities early next week to go over more details. The Triangle co-heads could not have been more eager or supportive in this endeavor, for which I am very grateful, and I am looking forward to spearheading the rest of this project.

Next Steps

I missed some school due to illness, so I'm delighted to be back and working on my project again. I met with my mentor on Tuesday to discuss next steps. I have been rejected from a few of the publishing places I sent my work to but I am waiting to hear back from a couple more. In the meantime, I am hoping to organize an open reading during the spring where students from my school, including myself, will be able to present poetry, fiction, or music in front of an audience. I am eager to delve into the world of spoken word as opposed to just written as I know from poetry slams I've been apart of before, that it's a whole new ball game. Similarly, I am beginning to work on my final presentation and thinking about how to tell my story of this project. Currently, I am thinking of incorporating a spoken word component but I'll have to develop the idea further later down the road.