Featured Poet Submission Form

Poets with lived experience with mental distress who are critical of the drug-based paradigm of psychiatric care are invited to perform their poetry live at MIA’s Mad Poetry Slam on Zoom on May 7th, 12PM EST/9AM PT/7PM CET. 2-3 poets will be featured and there will be an open mic for the last half hour of the event. Signing up for the open mic will be first come first serve at the time of the event.

The deadline for featured poet submissions is April 19th.

Poets can submit their poems to be considered to be featured at this event. Poets can send a text document or a pre-recorded performances of their poems to be considered to read live on Zoom at the event. MIA’s Mad Poetry Slam will be open to the public and featured poets will be promoted on our website, email and social media.

Please fill out this form to be considered for a slot as a featured poet at this event. Signing up for the open mic will be first come first serve at the time of the event.

*Please make sure you will be available on May 7th at the time of the event (in your time zone) before submitting.

Name*

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Email*

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Upload Your Poetry

Please upload one (1) file with examples of your poetry here. Include no more than 3 poems in a .doc or .pdf text document.

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Upload a Video

If you have a sample video of you reading your poetry, please upload it here. This form only accepts MPG files. File size limit of 10mb, no longer than 6 minutes.

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Biographical Information

Only include information below if you allow Mad in America to use it in promotion for this event.

Short Biography*

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Website (not required)

Social Media Accounts (not required)

Confirm that you will be available on May 7th at 12PM EST/9AM PT/5PM CET to perform*

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Would you like to be interviewed separately about your poetry for promotional material?*

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Do you agree to allow Mad in America and its Affiliates to share your performance, which will be recorded, on Social Media, our website and other media?*

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Guidelines:

Call for poetry is open to all those with lived experience of mental distress.

• Poetry must be original to the artist.
• Poets can upload one to three poems.
• Poets can upload one .mpg (for videos) of their performance of their poem with a file size no greater than 10MB.
• Poets must include a short biography (not to exceed 250 words).
• Submission must abide by our community guidelines: The artwork content must NOT include illegal material, hate speech, discrimination based on identity or occupation, or calls for violence against any people.
• Only submissions that meet these guidelines will be considered for inclusion.

Poets will be notified of acceptance two weeks before the event.

Poet Benefits:

• Accepted work will be displayed on the homepage of madinamerica.com and a dedicated Poetry Slam page.
• Potential inclusion in interview series.
• Potential inclusion in promotional materials (including Mad in America social media and email promotions).

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