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The 22nd Annual National Poetry Slam is over. Slam Charlotte jumped out with an early lead that despite valiant attempts in the subsequent rotations, the other teams could not get past. After five days of intense and competitive bouts the Final results are: In first place: Slam Charlote 115.7 Second place: New York Louder Arts 113.2 Third place: Austin Poetry Slam 110.5 Fourth place: Boston Cantab 110.2 For complete results check www.nps2008.com The World of Women Poetry Slam It's Over! And the winner is Andrea Gibson!!! Second Place: Deep Third Place: T. Miller It's going on right now in Detroit and whatever folks are saying about being drenched in estrogen.... this is moving and powerful poetry! From the legacy poets back from the roots of slam to the fresh faces this tournament is shaking Motown so hard the the folks in Canada are wondering why they feel the earth moving. After two nights of preliminary competition amoung 50 of the world's hottest slam poets, these twelve are going on to the final round at the Filmore: Andrea Gibson Isis T. Miller Nichole Homer Soyna Renee Tara Hardy Karyna McGlynn Original Woman Christina B Amy Madison Deep Ms. Wise If you can't get to Detroit to witness this first ever Women's World class poetry slam event.... check back here to find out who will have become the world champion. The 2008 Southern Slam Queen Gypsee Yo! did the only thing she could do to win: in the final round she delivered a perfect 30! Second Place: Jerri Hardesty @ 29.9 Third Place: Theresa Davis @ 29.8 That's right... the top three places were decided by a tenth of a point each! The 3rd annual Southern Slam Queen competition was that intense. From quirky funny to sexy to strong to loving to surviving to shaping growing hearts and minds, the incredible women who took the stage showed us a crystal clear vision of some of what life is like for these women in the South. Fall Poetry Slam @ Lake Eden Arts Festival Winner: Twain 2nd Place: Gypsee Yo 3rd Place: Bluz As always, the crowd was huge, the poets hot, and the scores terribly, terribly close. Thirty five poets signed up for the afernoon qualifer, but only 12 get into the Big Show. The LEAF Poetry Slam isn't officially listed as a "Grand Slam," but the winner gets $1000, more than a thousand goes to the runners up, as well as free weekend passes to next Spring's LEAF, and over $500 was collected in the passing of the hat to be divided among those runners up. As always, SlamMaster & MC Nave' was in top form, taking one of the random improv topics (provided by the audience) to kick off the improv round himself, just dripping in verbal style and social relevance. If you haven't been to the LEAF Poetry Slam, you are missing out on one of the best slams in the NATION! Goto www.theleaf.com for complete info. The 2007 Arkansas Grand Slam Champion is: The Original Woman! Second Place: Micheal Guin Third Place: Joaquin Zihuatanejo The competition was intense, places won by tenths and nearly all of the poetry was positive in nature! The Original Woman tore through the event posting a score of a perfect 30 each of the three rounds of the final round. Event News Archives IWPS NPS LEAF Slam new 5/18/05 Midwest Slam League Southern Fried Slam Masters Rust Belt new 5/19/05 The phenomena of slam sweeps the nation, and even the world.
Interest grows and slams are popping up all over the place, from small
towns with only around 6000 people to the huge metros like New York and
San Francisco.
The National Poetry Slam is held year after year and it is growing
almost beyond the abilities of poets to handle.
In August 2004 St. Louis took on the great task of hosting 69 teams and
all the side events, workshops, feature slams and showcases!
This year Albuquerque grapples with the monumental task of hosting up to 80
slam teams who will compete for the national slam title. If you would like to include your venue, or to include yourself, or
have suggestions, click here to email me (niteglider@aol.com) with your info and
url. If you noticed that the link to your site is gone, that's because the link is dead. Please fix it and click here to email me. (email: niteglider@aol.com)
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 47 Poetry Slams
Florence Poetry Slam Montevallo Slam
Flagstaff Poetry Slam Mesa Slam Phoenix The Poet's Loft Encinitas Sacramento Youth Speaks San Jose Slam
DC Slam Miami Orlando
Honolulu
Palatine Slam Baton Rouge Lafayette Creative Heat New Orleans Baltimore Boston Cantab
Ann Arbor Slam Kalamazoo
Omaha Omaha Healing Arts Center Slam
Bridgeton Albuquerque Poetry Slam
Ithaca NYC Nuyorican Poets Cafe NYC Union Square NYC Urbana
Fargo Slam on the Plains
Cleveland Classic PS Columbus
Eugene
Pittsburgh
Greenville Slam
Addison Slam Austin Slam Corpus Christi Dallas Slam Fort Worth Denton Slam Krazy Kats @ DFW San Antonio PuroSlam
Vermont Slams
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