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2022 Nikki Giovanni Celebration of Poetry and Steger Poetry Prize Awards Ceremony
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
The Virginia Tech Department of English presents the annual Nikki Giovanni Celebration of Poetry and Steger Poetry Prize Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 inside The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech.

Event Schedule:
• 5:00-6:00 PM: Poetry Prize Ceremony
• 6:00 PM: Poetry Prize Reception

Each year, the Virginia Tech Department of English hosts the ceremony as a tribute to winners of the Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize, one of the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate literary awards.

When Nikki Giovanni, an internationally acclaimed poet and the University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech, established the competition in 2005, she named the award for its first benefactor, Charles W. Steger, the university’s president at the time. Fifteen years later, the award was renamed the Giovanni-Steger Poetry Prize.

This year, the event will be held in person at the Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre of the Moss Arts Center, with a virtual option. The ceremony will feature college and university leaders reading their favorite poems, alternating with student finalists presenting their own works. The event will culminate in the naming of the three winners, followed by a reception.

All are welcome and admission is free.

To register for the event, visit: https://aimsbbis.vt.edu/HumanitiesWeek2022.

This year's event is also part of the first-ever Virginia Tech Humanities Week.

For more information, visit: https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/01/clahs-poetry-celebration-preview.html or https://liberalarts.vt.edu/news/events/2022/02/virginia-tech-humanities-week.html.