Due to unforeseen circumstances this event is cancelled.

Performances by the next generation of spoken word talent from the West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureate Programme 2024-25 Shortlist with a Young Laureates Open Mic. 

Enjoy an afternoon of poetry at our third open mic event celebrating the incredible talent from the 2024-25 West Yorkshire Young Poet Laureate Programme! Dive into the powerful words of the Young Poet Laureates for West Yorkshire and the shortlisted young poets.  

Hosted by poet Sharena Lee Satti. 

In 2023, the National Literacy Trust partnered with the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and National Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to inspire the next generation of young poets in West Yorkshire with a week of poet-led school activities and a competition to appoint the first-ever Young Poet Laureates for West Yorkshire. Entries are judged in two categories (Year 4 and Years 9-10). 

The new West Yorkshire Poet Laureates were announced in February this year as Max from Wakefield (Year 4) and Ayeshah from Calderdale (Year 9). Find out more at:  

West Yorkshire Poet Laureate 2025 | National Literacy Trust 

Sharena Lee Satti is a Bradford-based spoken word artist, poet, event host, workshop facilitator and educator. Her debut collection SHE (2020) was followed by a new collection Shhhhhhhhh in 2023. Sharena was nominated as a ‘Positive Role Model’ at the National Diversity Awards and hosts her own monthly radio poetry show, Spoke. 

https://www.sharenaleesatti.com/ 

Due to unforeseen circumstances this event is cancelled.