Open Collab with Charlie + Jake

You are all invited to upload your work via the form below. We are asking for video recordings of your performance so that we can see you perform!

You don't have to have expensive recording and filming equipment to be considered. Just using a phone to film yourself is perfect. Try to record your piece in a quiet room away from distractions.

The most important bit, of course, is a video recording of your submission, but there's also a few other things that we will need you to send us via the form.

Here's a little list of the questions we ask and the recordings you'll need to get ready for your submission:

1. Your details
We ask for some basic details about you so that we know how best to credit and share what you do if your piece is selected.

2. About you
We'd love to get to know you a bit! And tell everyone on the show about you and what you're up to.

3. Your submission
We love seeing you performing your piece! Don't worry about using expensive gear, just using your phone for a selfie video is great! Try to record it in a quiet space away from distractions and other noises.

We also want to know about your submission! This can be included as an introduction before your performance (any introduction will not count towards our 3-minute time limit for submissions) or as a separate video clip. You can also submit this as a written description if you prefer.

Finally, we love to have a transcript of your poem as well, so that we can pick out certain lines on the livestream for repetition, singing, and looping!

That's it!

To recap, here's what we ask of you:

1. Your details
Name, pronoun, email, social links, etc.

2. About you
Video bio

3. Your submission
Submission title
Video performance
Video, audio or written description or introduction to your piece
Poem text / transcript

If your piece is selected for the show, your work will be shared in the next Open Collab show, either in person or online via our YouTube channel, or both! After the event, you can request an mp3 of your work which you can then use and share wherever you like - just remember to tag us back on social media, and support us on Patreon or with a donation via our Ko-Fi page

Your poem, and the performance of your poem, remains 100% yours. We may use the recording of our collaboration with your piece on social media and in our marketing efforts to help promote future Open Collab events. This could include, but is not limited to, posts on social media, uploading to YouTube, including in submission callouts / marketing videos, sending to local radio stations, or use in video adverts. We will never sell the collaboration with your piece or monetise it directly.

There are loads of different types of poem that we've worked with in the past, and we have loved the variety of submissions received at each Open Collab so far.

To get a better idea of the kind of poem that works well, we recommend watching a few of the clips from previous Open Collabs, which you can find just up above or you can find more on our YouTube channel.

Your performance must be under 3 minutes in length.

We also recommend that the piece should be at least 1 minute long.

Any description of the piece or your bio and introduction will not count towards these limits.

Not at all.

We want to encourage as many writers, poets and performers to get involved as possible. We understand all too well the impact that the Covid-19 crisis and the current cost of living crisis has had on everyone in the creative sector, and also the urge to continue creating and collaborating with each other!

If you would like to support us, we are now on Patreon, which is the best way to contribute directly to everything we do to make Open Collab a reality.