COVID-19 IS STILL KEEPING US APART,
BUT POETRY DRAWS US TOGETHER.

AVBOB's CEO, Carl van der Riet, is pleased to invite you to attend the second live-streamed AVBOB Poetry Gala. Now in its fourth year, the event promises to buoy your spirits.

In addition to announcing the 11 winners of the fourth annual AVBOB Poetry Competition, we’ll bring rhythm and rhyme of a unique flavour to warm your heart and inspire your mind!

Your RSVP will allow us to share event updates with you.

Please feel free to share this invitation with poets, new and established, students of creativity and lovers of all things musical and magical who might enjoy this celebration of poetry.

BACKGROUND: The fourth AVBOB Poetry Competition ran from 1 August to 30 November 2020. A record-breaking 41 139 poetry entries were received across all 11 official languages! Read more