Allatta (Let’s write) - working together to get the literature we are missing

A look at the Allatta project which took place in Greenland mid-2012 to mid-2013. Allatta was a project between NAPA (The Nordic Institution in Greenland), NUIF (a youth organization in Nuuk), Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia (Central and Public Library of Greenland) and Milik publishing. Allatta was a short story writing competition for young people between 15 and 25. The ten best would be picked to go on a writing workshop and the short stories would be published in an anthology. The overall goal was to get young people to write and hopefully sow the ground for new Greenlandic literary voices. The goal for the library was to be able to give the Greenlandic youth books written for them in their own language. To put more young and modern Greenlandic voices on our shelves. The project was a success. Afterwards some of the newly published authors have begun sharing their voices and helping developing more voices by for example arranging poetry slam and doing public poetry workshops.