Sing Lit Station is working with the Singapore Writers Festival to co-present programmes specifically tailored to the youths and young-at-heart. Curated and programmed by youths for youths, 2024’s open call brought us exciting programmes like How to Tell a Million Stories Before Grandma Dies, The Poetry Chase! and Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me: A Swiftie’s Guide to Confessional Poetry.
Exciting opportunities are also open for Youth Moderators and the Youth Outreach team! You'll get the chance to interact with local, regional, and international authors and artists, and also create on-the-ground content that captures the spirit and magic of the festival. Applications are open until 30 May.
ABOUT THE YOUTH FRINGE: OPEN CALL
Targeted towards youths aged between 13 and 25 years old, Sing Lit Station’s open call for the Youth Fringe team calls on young individuals who are passionate in literature and aspire to work in the arts industry as programmers, curators, presenters and more. Participants can look forward to:
Gaining professional working experience in arts programming/curation
Meeting like-minded peers and future collaborators
Improving their student portfolio
This year, Sing Lit Station is expanding the open call into a holistic developmental programme that prioritises on these three main roles:
Youth Curator
Shortlisted applicants aged between 13 to 18 years old will be invited to join our Idea Incubation Sessions that will be taking place in May - June, where they will learn the basics of arts programming, and will have a chance to pitch their programming ideas for this year's festival! If your programme idea is selected, you will have the chance to develop the idea with us, eventually bringing the programme into reality at SWF!
Youth Moderator
Moderators will serve as the hosts to some Youth Fringe Panels/Programmes. You'll have to interview for this, and if chosen, will have to go through a series of training sessions spread out across a few weekends (tentatively to be held between September and October). Moderators will learn how to guide conversation between writers, how to ask good questions and how to engage the writers and audience. This is open to youths from 13 - 21 years old. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted on a rolling basis in June 2025.
Youth Outreach Team
The Youth Outreach Team is in charge of on-ground coverage of the festival. You will be learning the ropes of event marketing through event photography, short-form video journalism as well as social media management. This is open to youths from 18 - 25 years old. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted on a rolling basis in June 2025.
PAST TESTIMONIALS
“Seeing our ideas come to life on such an open platform was truly a highlight. My experience as a youth curator gave me insightful opportunities to bridge the gap between my passion and established writers; having it blossom into a greater entity.”
“Attending the festival’s programmes with a reporter mindset allowed me to fully appreciate and immerse myself in the content as I devoted more attention to the details of each show. The experience pushed me out of my comfort zone as I became more comfortable with presenting myself and my ideas online.”