Striving to celebrate the diversity of humanity through written and spoken word, this award unites poets from around the world at the festival, which takes places April 9-11, 2021. Accompanying the festival is the release of di-vêrsé-city, a youth anthology. Students age 18 and younger may submit one poem in a 6 x 9 format (0.75 margins, 1.0 line spacing, Times New Roman 12) . The poem must be less than 32 lines, and if accepted into the anthology, are invited to read at the festival (those who don't attend will be emailed an electronic copy of the anthology) Opens October 1 2020, deadline for submission: Feb 15 2021.