Get Lit

Over the past four years, the Hollywood Foreign Press has been instrumental in supporting Get Lit’s mission of fostering a Poetic New Wave, fueled by diverse talent and the next generation of creators. During tumultuous times of division and disinformation, poets have risen to speak truth to power, transforming the often-complex issues of what it means to be human into a new coherent context of vision understanding and hope.

Get Lit: Words Ignite fuses classic and spoken word poetry to increase teen literacy on the page and in visual media. We cultivate enthusiastic learners emboldened to inspire social consciousness in diverse communities.

The HFPA has the privilege of supporting many schools for young artists, particularly in underrepresented communities. Here the young and amazing poets of Get Lit give their take on a more hopeful, and inclusive future.