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SUMMARY:GBOMA Finals 2019
DESCRIPTION:The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) is an annual poetry competition founded by Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) and open to all Illinois residents over the age of 18. The top contestants selected by guest judges from the poetry community are invited to perform their original poems at the live finals event\, where the audience favorite is awarded the $500 prize. \n\n\n \nPulitzer Prize winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) founded the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award twenty-five years ago. Brooks was born in Topeka\, Kansas and lived in Chicago for the rest of her life. She was the author of more than twenty volumes of poetry and numerous other books. Her many awards and honors include Poet Laureate of Illinois\, Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress\, American Academy of Arts and Letters award\, a Pulitzer Prize\, the Frost Medal\, a National Endowment for the Arts award\, and fellowships from The Academy of American Poets and the Guggenheim Foundation. \n  \n  \n  \nMargot McMahon\, Gwendolyn Brooks: The Oracle of Bronzeville (2018)\, Brooks Park\, Chicago \n\n\nThe list of finalists for GBOMA 2019 can be found here!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/gboma-2019/
LOCATION:The Promontory\, 5311 S. Lake Park Ave. West\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
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