** CANCELED ** 52nd Annual CCNY Poetry Festival

The 52nd annual City College of New York Poetry Festival will be held on campus at the Marian Anderson Theater at Aaron Davis Hall (160 Convent Avenue). Dubbed “the Woodstock of the Spoken Word,” the festival has become New York’s longest-running poetry celebration. The event commences with readings by elementary school students, followed by poets from junior high schools. Beginning around noon, the winners of the festival's citywide high school poetry contest will recite their poems, with the top three winners receiving the Poetry Prize, which are cash prizes. A reading by featured poet and current Poetry Outreach director, Pamela Laskin, will highlight the day’s festivities.