Finalist in Martin Luther King Spoken Word Contest

The Martin Luther King Spoken Word Contest is hosted by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam) every year on October 9th. It is held to commemorate the honorary PHD which the VU Amsterdam granted to Dr. Martin Luther King.

Each year, judges ask for poetry submissions concerning different themes of MLK’s work. This year (2024), the theme was “infinite hope in finite despair”.

I was honoured to be one of three finalists (out of 33 submissions), who got to perform their poem to a live audience of 1000 people.

You can learn more about the Martin Luther King Spoken Word Contest here.