"""VERSOPOLIS - WHERE POETRY LIVES"""

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The 30 cultural operators from 21 EU and 7 non-EU countries, united in this project proposal “Versopolis – Where Poetry lives”, believes that supporting the evolution of contemporary European poetry and European emerging poets represents a necessary and worthwhile endeavor for the European Union. We have therefore developed this project funding proposal that will enable us to continue the work which we have initiated in the period 2014 - 2021 through the Creative Europe Programme. The goal of the project is to nurture European poetry and continue to re-position poetry in the European and global cultural, economic and societal landscape. To achieve this goal, the project will pursue the project objectives: (1)supporting the visibility and mobility of European emerging poets, (2)engaging in continued capacity building of European emerging poets and those cultural operators which function as platforms for meeting of artists and presentation of their works (European literary festivals) and (3)expanding the Versopolis platform into the global cultural and artistic space and developing clear brand recognition in order to present European poetry and emerging poets to global partners and the widest global audiences. The project will accomplish the goals and objectives through implementing a variety of activities for the three target audiences (European emerging poets, cultural and creative sectors – particularly festivals and publishing, and widest audiences) for instance over 200 artist mobilities, 280 partner exchanges, podcast series, 214 live events and the publications of two Versopolis anthologies with the selected works of approx. 100 emerging poets. Upon completing the project, we will have permanently improved emerging poets career trajectories, magnified the literary festivals’ ability to present poetry, increased the presence of European poetry in the global cultural scene and grew the widest audiences’ appreciation for poetry and arts and culture overall.