Daily Archives: Friday, January 29, 2010

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Writer’s Block Poetry Announcing Start of Its 2010 NPS Slam Season

Writer’s Block Poetry announced the beginning of its 2010 National Poetry Slam season on Tuesday The first preliminary slam was on Wednesday, January 27. From the WB Listserv’s latest email:

“January marks the traditional beginning of our NPS season, where we have preliminary slams to pick our team for the trip to NPS in August. The season runs 6 preliminary slams, and then a Grand Slam to pick the top 4 poets that will make up the team. We added a preliminary slam to the season this year, so good luck!”

A complete schedule follows below for those interested in either watching or competing this season to be on the team representing the WB at the 2010 National Poetry Slam, which will be held in St. Paul, MN in August (dates and more details will be released later this year — check http://nationalpoetryslam.com/ or http://www.poetryslam.com/ for more details).

  • February 24
  • March 24
  • March 31
  • April 28
  • May 19

The final Grand Slam will happen on May 26. The top 8 scoring poets from this slam season will compete for placement on the WB Team.

For additional details, check out the links below:

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Writing Wrongs Poetry 2010 NPS Slam Season Schedule

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Writing Wrong Poetry Slam posted its 2010 National Poetry Slam season schedule. The first slam was on January 12, with Nicole Homer and Omar “Ion” Holman featuring before the first contention slam. The rest of the schedule is listed below:

  • February 9th
  • February 23rd
  • March 23rd
  • April 13th

The Grand Slam, which will determine the four team members that will represent Writing Wrongs at the 2010 National Poetry Slam, is scheduled for April 27th.

You can find current WW Slam Season results here.

The 2010 National Poetry Slam will be held in St. Paul, MN in August (dates and more details will be released later this year — check http://nationalpoetryslam.com/ or http://www.poetryslam.com/ for more details).

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Women of the World Poetry Slam in Columbus Oh, March 10-13, 2010

In case you haven’t heard by now, I’ll mention that Columbus, Ohio is hosting the Women of the World Poetry Slam in 2010. WOWPS will be held March 10 – 13 at various venues in the city (see below for details).

From Poetry Slam, Inc.:

“As one of the 20 biggest cities in the US and the largest city in Ohio, Columbus offers all the resource, venue and location needs for this event catering to hundreds of participants including competitors, organizers, volunteers, audience members and emcees.”

The city and the poetry nights around Columbus are proud and excited to have this event coming. Please, if you are in or near Columbus, I urge you to come out and support this event, which is sure to be high-energy, electric, exciting, and an advancement of the art of poetry slam.

The WOWPS website has a wealth of information, schedules, and etc. for this year’s slam. Please check out the following links for more information:

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Mike “Spike” Cowell Featuring at Writer’s Block First Draft, Friday, February 19, 2010

Mike “Spike” Cowell will be the feature at Writer’s Block First Draft Poetry on Friday, February 19 @ 8:00 P.M. He will performing a set of all-new poems that night. His feature, as always, will be followed by the traditional First Draft open mic.

More details about the show will be posted once they are announced.

For those not familiar with the night, First Draft is a poetry night where new poems and new poets are always welcome. Cover is $3 for the night. Come on out and share your *new* poetry — and be prepared for an awesome feature!

For more info about Writer’s Block’s First Draft Night, check out:

http://writersblockpoetry.rewritingovid.net/FirstDraftOpenMic.php

http://community.livejournal.com/wbpoetry

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