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Description of Purpose

The LTAB Board Member is a one-year ex officio board member position, designed to be filled by a current LTAB student who will represent student concerns to the Nebraska Writers Collective’s board of directors. This person will be a full-fledged member of the board of directors, and will have the chance to actively and directly influence the action of the Nebraska Writers Collective.

This is a volunteer position, and runs from July 1 of the current year to June 30 of next year.

What You’ll Do

• Attend board meetings, vote, and participate in decision-making
• Represent the LTAB student body to make sure their interests are well-represented
• Learn about (and do!) organizational management, program development and evaluation, fundraising, and financial management
• Attend workshops and seminars
• Work with a fantastic group of folks who are super-interested in making sure that LTAB and other Nebraska Writers Collective programs are as high-quality as they can possibly be

Requirements For Applying

If you are interested in applying, contact Andrew Ek at andrewek@gmail.com.

You’ll submit all of your materials to Andrew by May 30. From there, the board of directors will select one or more candidates to fill this role.

Here’s the list of requirements and a description of how to apply:

• You must have at least one year of experience participating in Louder Than a Bomb: Omaha, and you must be enrolled in high school for the coming school year.
• Submit a letter of application (1-2 pages) in which you outline your involvement with LTAB, your reasons for applying to be the LTAB board member, what you hope to accomplish by joining the board, and why you think you’ll be a successful board member. Please also indicate what year you are in school.
• Be able to commit to attending board meetings every six weeks (we meet about nine times per year)
• Find two references who can speak to your credibility. These shouldn’t be family members. One person should probably be your LTAB coach or the teacher who coordinates LTAB at your school. You don’t need to ask for letters of recommendation, but you should attach a separate document with contact information, as well as a quick explanation of how they know you.

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Contact Andrew Ek at andrewek@gmail.com

Louder Than a Bomb: Omaha is simply too great to only be available for part of the year, so the NWC is expanding it to the summer. We’ve partnered with Metro Community College’s 4 Teens program to bring you the best summer slam poetry camp west of Atlantic Ocean. More details as we get them, but for now, this is what you need to know:

Who?

Students ages 12-17

What?

A slam poetry workshop led by Katie-FS and other NWC Teaching Artists

Where?

Metro Community College South Omaha Campus, Mahoney, Room 113

When?

July 22-26, 1-4PM

How Much?

$75 per poet (we’re working on getting some funding to cover those who can’t afford it)

Where do I sign up?

Call (402) 457-KIDS (5437)

You thought LTAB was over? Wrong! This year we’re also having individual finals, and all teams are invited to send one representative to Lincoln for another amazing night of poetry. Here are the details:

LTAB Individual Finals

Sunday, April 21
Andersen Lecture Hall, UNL Campus, 16th & Q, Lincoln

2pm: Semi-finals Round 1

• 2 rounds, all students read in both rounds.
• Random Draw for 1st Round
• In order of score for Round 2 (So top score goes 1st, 2nd highest 2nd, etc.)
• Top half go on to 7pm Finals

Creighton Prep: John Ratz
Lincoln East HS: Chelsea Bannon
Lincoln High School: Natalie Weibelhause
McMillan Middle School: Miles Kay
Mount Michael:  Jarrett Crnkovich?
Omaha Westside, Lizzie West or Lia Hagen
Saint Luke’s/Burke:  Catelyn Evans
Waverly HS:
TBA
TBA

4pm: Semi-Finals Round 2

• 2 rounds, all students read in both rounds.
• Random Draw for 1st Round
• In order of score for Round 2 (So top score goes 1st, 2nd highest 2nd, etc.)
• Top half go on to 7pm Finals

Avenue Scholars: Maribel Navarrete
Bellevue West HS: Drew Shifter
Duchesne Academy:
Gretna: Michaela VanOeveren
Kent Bellows Studio: Kara
Lincoln North Star:
Marian HS:
Omaha Central: Le’Nae Washington
Omaha Northwest: T’Angelo
Omaha South High:

7pm: Finals

• Top half from both bouts (so 9 or 10 students)
• 3 Rounds (All in 1st Round, 6 in 2nd Round, 3 in 3rd Round)

Finals are upon us! Here are the details:

Friday, April 12 @ 7PM
Creighton’s Harper Center Auditorium (PARKING MAP, DRIVING MAP)
Lincoln High, Omaha Central, Duchesne Academy, and Lincoln North Star are competing

Co-hosted by Matt Mason and Sierra DeMulder

The closest parking to the Harper Center is the surface lot immediately south of the Harper Center. This lot can be accessed via 20th Street, which is one-way southbound. Guests should turn south onto 20th from Burt Street. There is also parking on the street.