π Congratulations to Ismael Mansoor, our 2024-2025 Deaf BSL Poet Laureate!
Your creativity and expressive BSL poetry captivated the judges.
Celebrate #NationalBSLDay by enjoying Ismael's winning video!
#BSLPoetLaureate
π BSL Poet Laureate update! Ismael Mansoor is 2024's Deaf BSL Poet Laureate! Congrats to runners-up Sandra Duguid π₯ & Sahera Khan π₯
BSL News Release: bit.ly/4aSMer9.
More details: bda.org.uk/2024-bsl-poet-β¦
Thanks to all who participated! #BSLPoetLaureate
π Attention! 2024 BSL Poet Laureate submissions extended to 24 Mar! Win Β£500, perform at Glastonbury & share your BSL poetry across the UK. Send your 2-min video by the new deadline.
Details: bda.org.uk/poet-laureate
#BSLPoetLaureate #BSLinourHands
Watch this- message loud & clear. Incredible & deservedly won. Loudly displays the resilience & highlights the importance of inclusivity & cultural appreciation. Look forward to seeing more from Ismael #BSLPoetLaureate
Congratulations to Kabir for winning top prize as #BSLPoetLaureate and a huge well done to ZoΓ« and Michael for their poems.
Congratulations Ismael ππ»ππ»
Wonderful to have a #BSLPoetLaureate for the second year running!
Look what the Deaf community can do with #BSLinourhands ππ»
#poetry #poetlaureate #britishsignlanguage
Happy #NationalBSLDay Huge congratulations Ismael on becoming this years #BSLPoetLaureate ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»ππ»
So cool to see the first ever #Deaf #BSLPoetLaureate at #Glastonbury Festival! βπ»βπ»
Lovely seeing your smiling face on this episode of @SeeHear, Mr Will Grint! π€π€© William Grint Miss you! x .... and WELL DONE, Kabir!!! π #SeeHear #Deaf #Poetry #BSLPoetLaureate
Incredibly proud to have been part of making the #BSLPoetLaureate award a reality. Congratulations, Kabir! ππ»ππ»
The world needs more #Deaf poets to create their own original work.
Signed #poetry expresses the human experience in a way that spoken languages simply canβt match.
Congratulations to Kabir for becoming the first BSL Poet Laureate & all the winners! We look forward to following your creative work throughout 2023. Definitely Theatreβs creative director, Paula Garfield had the privileged part of the selection panel. β¨ #BSLPoetLaureate
British Deaf Association are looking to find the first #BSLPoetLaureate . Deadline is tomorrow!
British Deaf Association Deaf Zone Congratulations to Kabir! And a huge well done to both ZoΓ« and Michael. Beautiful BSL poems! #BSLPoetLaureate
Emma small YAAAAAAY THAT WARM MY HEART! Check this out British Deaf Association and I think there should be an audition for Young Deaf Poet Laureate & Defi something to think for next year. So young people will feel more included in this important campaign. πππΎ #BSL PoetLaureate #BSL #YoungDeafPeople
Thomas Deacon Academy Deaf4Deaf National Literacy Trust This is beautiful - I hope it was also submitted to the #BSLPoetLaureate competition run by the British Deaf Association π€©