Amplify Spoken Word Intensive

Amplify Spoken Word Intensive– Applications are now open for Amplify 2026.

Amplify Spoken Word Intensive 2026 runs May 4-15 across Vancouver. It is co-produced by Stage to Page Performance Society, Vancouver Poetry House, and Historic Joy Kogawa House with support from Enabling Arts, OneMic Educators, the Calgary Spoken Word Society, the British Columbia Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts.

Over 10 days, the selected cohort will receive a range of workshops, lectures, and performance opportunities to write, edit, rehearse, and develop new/existing work.

The focus for 2026 is Endurance. This will include an introduction to long form poetics, embodied performance through theatre and dance, as well as ritual and ethical practices that will help sustain a poets career.

A cohort will be chosen/curated through an application process. This cohort will form a small group/ensemble that will access the full intensive and all the programming therein. However, there will be many opportunities for folks to register/attend/audit workshops and lectures that will be open to the public.

Faculty include:

Sheri-D Wilson

CR Avery

Johnny D Trinh

Magpie Ulysses

Jillian Christmas

Brandon Wint

Lindi Nolte

Naomi Brand

Laura Di Cicco

with

Elder Mary Point

Application registration will close April 19, 2026 @ 11:59 pm.

There is no cost to apply.

There is no cost to participate.

Applicants are encouraged to be able to commit to afternoons and evenings, Monday-Friday, for the duration of the program. However, it is not mandatory to attend every session; we want to honour and accommodate human needs and reduce barriers as much as possible.

For more information on the Amplify Schedule, click here AMPLIFY 2026 SCHEDULE.

To apply to Amplify 2026 click here APPLICATION