Megaphone 2025 Voices of the Street
Join Megaphone Magazine in celebrating the 15th annual Voices of the Street poetry collection at a launch event May 15, 2025. The anthology features 39 pieces from writers based in the Downtown Eastside.
Voices of the Street 2025
The annual Voices of the Street poetry collection will be on sale to readers starting May 9, 2025 from a vendor near you. Megaphone conducts creative writing workshops in collaboration with Onsite to produce this work, as well as street submissions received at the low-barrier hub.
This year’s theme Gravity, explores what keeps us grounded and connected, what threads us in times of chaos and calm.
Each year, Megaphone hosts community writing workshops with a theme for the next anthology as a writing prompt. Content is submitted by writers from these workshops, as well as regular writing workshops at Onsite Detox and Transitional Housing. Many workshop participants have published in Megaphone magazine, and a few have gone on to publish their work in other literary publications, such as Geist, Poetry is Dead and White Rabbit Quarterly. Vendors purchase the Voice of the Street collection for $5 and sell it for $15, creating a self-determined income.
Voices of the Street 2025 Launch Event
- Date: May 15, 2025 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
- Location: SFU Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre (149 W Hastings St, Vancouver)
- Tickets: Available for purchase online. Early bird tickets available until April 21 for $12; regular tickets available for $15.
- Ticket prices help Megaphone cover costs for this project but it is important to them that income is not a barrier. If you’d like to attend and the cost is a barrier, email communications(at)megaphonemagazine.com.
About Megaphone Magazine
Megaphone provides low-barrier work opportunities through magazine writing, reporting, and vending. Each vendor buys the paper for 75 cents and sells it for $5 (plus tips). Megaphone is an autonomous way for those facing barriers to traditional employment to make an income. Learn more about Megaphone Magazine and find a vendor near you.
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Miss604’s Rebecca Bollwitt is a monthly columnist for Megaphone.
