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Young Chicago Authors - 1180 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor - 773.486.4331

For Workshops, including Saturday Writing Program:
Toni Asante Lightfoot (lightfoot@youngchicagoauthors.org)
For a SATURDAY WRITING PROGRAM application, please download one HERE.

For Publications, including SayWhat Magazine:
Natasha Tarpley (natarana@aol.com)

For Performances, including WordPlay and Louder Than A Bomb:
Robbie Q. Telfer (robbieq@youngchicagoauthors.org)

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Young Chicago Authors (YCA), founded in 1991 by Bob Boone, encourages self-expression and literacy through creative writing, performance and publication. YCA provides student-centered, artist-led workshops free to youth ages 13-19 in local schools and communities. YCA’s process emphasizes artistic development, mentorship, and creating safe spaces where a young person's life matters. Through their words, young people can promote tolerance and remove barriers to transform their lives and society. Now in its 18th year, YCA serves more than 3000 teens through workshops, performances and publications, and reaches audiences and readership of more than 40,000 adults and teens annually. YCA is home to the youth poetry festival Louder Than A Bomb, and Say What magazine.

Young Chicago Authors is supported by generous grants from:

Alphawood Foundation, C.N.A. Foundation, Chicago Tribune Foundation, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs-City Arts Program, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, Leo S. Guthman Fund, Illinois Arts Council, Illinois Humanities Council, Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, McCormick Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Northern Trust Charitable Trust, Polk Bros Foundation, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Prince Charitable Trusts, Queenan Foundation, Sahara Enterprises, Inc., Schopf & Weiss Charitable Giving Fund, Speh Foundation,Woods Fund, and contributions from many individual donors and community partners.

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LOUDER THAN A BOMB 2010
The Real Renaissance
The 10th Anniversary of Chicago's Youth Poetry Slam Festival

Festival events begin February 19. Download a complete schedule here.

Feb 22-28 - Preliminary Bouts at Columbia College Chicago
Feb 25-27 - The College Slam at Columbia College Chicago
Mar. 1 - Semifinals at Steppenwolf (1650 North Halsted Street)
Mar. 6 - Finals at the Vic ( 3145 North Sheffield Avenue )

For ticket reservations, contact Robbie Q. Telfer at robbieq@youngchicagoauthors.org

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LTAB Festival Director– Robbie Q. Telfer – robbieq@youngchicagoauthors.org
Tournament Director – Emily Rose – emilyroseks@gmail.com
LTAB Artistic Director – Kevin Coval – kc@kevincoval.com
Volunteer Coordinator – Mairead Case – mairead.case@gmail.com