I have mixed feelings about this book. I usually love anthologies and this one is all about resistance! But oof... I didn't like most of the stories, some of them were just okay, writing didn't work, or the tone. This year has been full of many thought-provoking, realistic forms of fiction, but this anthology is one of the biggest standouts in YA. This isn't fictionalized idea of resistance--this is the very sort of fiction that inspires, gives us hope, and is highly insightful. Take The Mic succeeds in all the ways that so many other collections fails; never once treating its audience as if they were watching a watered down after school special. Instead, it all feels very organic and brilliantly honest. Applications close Sunday July 31 (10:00pm) subject to availability. Applications will be reviewed weekly to it is advised to apply as soon as possible. Edited by Bethany Morrow, Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance came out in 2019 from Scholastic. Here’s the description:

Ever since I was young I was encouraged to learn, practice and play music. I learnt guitar and piano and took singing lessons.From playing and singing songwriting came naturally. I grew up in a musical family with everyone either playing instruments or singing. My family was a real inspiration for music. Who’s your biggest musical inspiration? Make sure to read their interviews, watch their music videos and then to head to takethemic.co.nz, to vote. And that's how you activate as well as make use of the microphone on your Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. Happy recording!Why did you enter Take the Mic? I entered Take the Mic because my band teacher Mr A showed me the poster during band practice. I was skeptical at first but after a lot of persuasion from my teacher I decided to film my original song and send it as my audition video. My dream has always been to show the world my music and Take The Mic is the perfect way to showcase what I am capable of. Tell us about your song? What was the inspiration? This brings the first story in the collection a full circle with Grace finding a home, finally feeling connected to her indigenous land and also shutting down any debate about her heritage in the process. I thought the scene where her mom tells her that the best way of being part of the resistance is to love yourself, was simple but very meaningful. A great and powerful way to end the book. It’s hard to single out the best part of Take The Mic because the whole experience was so inspiring. I enjoyed flying down to Christchurch with my sister and having a full day of feeling like a celebrity. It was awesome working with people who are professionals in their fields, from a singing coach to composers and directors. I loved recording my song in the studio and filming the music video in a beautiful house. The whole experience was a dream. What drew you to music? Includes competition entry, personal written critique from two professional industry judges, professional video recording and photography of each performance.

ALINTA CHIDZEYis an acclaimed jazz vocalist, songwriter, recording artist, and musical theatre leading lady. Currently stars as Satine Moulin Rouge the Musical (Australia)Unfortunately, at this time you can only perform in one category. Either Contemporary, or Musical Theatre & Classical. Ready to showcase your talent? Join Take the Mic for our singing competitions, musical productions and showcase events. The second book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver. To start dictating, select a text field and press the Windows logo key + H to open the dictation toolbar. Then say whatever’s on your mind. To stop dictating at any time while you're dictating, say “Stop dictation.” My biggest music inspiration is probably Ed Sheeran. I am always in awe of the way that he can fill a stadium and create such a big sound with just him on his little guitar. His songwriting is incredible and the way that he can command an arena alone is so awesome - so I would definitely say him. Why should people vote for you?

These talented ladies need your vote so they have a chance of making it into the top 3 where they will then go head-to-head to try and take out the Take The Mic 2022 crown. Regardless of if you are having problems with Zoom or Skype, with recording something or with using Discord - the built-in microphone testing facilities provided by most of those services are far from perfect. You can dictate most numbers and punctuation by saying the number or punctuation character. To dictate letters and symbols, say "start spelling." Then say the symbol or letter, or use the ICAO phonetic alphabet. As you can guess from the title of this poem, it was heartbreaking to read - how very young, brown, Muslim children are asked pointed questions about their faith which seem innocuous on the surface but are seeped full of racism and Islamophobia. And however old these young kids grow up to be and feel they are ready to handle these bad faith questions, it’s never easy. This particular line from the poem just destroyed me 😭😭You should then see a line moving in the test area -beneath the words The mic test - whenever your mic "hears"a sound. The first and last story in the book are Darcie’s. The first one is “Grace” and the last is “Homecoming.” In her introduction, Bethany wrote that the resistance in “Grace” is an Indigenous girl who doesn’t stand for unwanted physical advances. That does happen in the story and I love how it is done. As an Indigenous person, I see several other acts of resistance in Darcie’s stories. GRAEME ISAACO The voice Finalist 2020, and Musical Theatre performer. Stared as 'Aladdin' in Disney's Aladdin the Musical throughout the Australia, New Zealand, and Asia tour.