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General Discussion / 10th anniversary poetry slam in Omaha tomorrow night

« on: January 12, 2012, 10:15:15 PM »

For you multitudes in the area, Omaha's 10th anniversary of poetry slam at the OM Center is tomorrow (a night earlier than normal this month due to a booking conflict).  We'll have a feature of poets who won here in 2002, show off the new 2012 Golden Monkey trophy, AND make it British foods night with spotted dick for 1st place, mushy peas for 2nd.

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General Discussion / Sarah McKinstry-Brown wins state book award!

« on: September 23, 2011, 09:38:25 AM »

Sarah McKinstry-Brown, of Albuquerque and Omaha NPS teams, was just announced as the winner of the Nebraska Book Award for Poetry for her book "Cradling Monsoons."

For those who don't know Sarah: she is awesome.  A great writer and a great performer.  So yay!

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General Discussion / Re: Bathroom corn combine minus guidelines

« on: July 03, 2011, 07:33:47 PM »

"it is advantageous to ascertain your plans with your plumber to imagine if there are any latent snags with the designs..."

That line has SO many possibilities... I may use that as a writing prompt... great sounds to it...

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General Discussion / Nice article about slam in schools

« on: March 21, 2011, 08:02:44 PM »

A very positive article about slam as brought to schools by Global Writes in the Bronx:

http://www.edutopia.org/poetry-slam-global-writes

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Slam Selection Processes / Re: Updated Omaha Slam Selection for NPS, iWPS, and WoW

« on: October 10, 2010, 10:17:26 PM »

Updated selection as of October, 2010:

To qualify for the NPS team: the top 3 finishers in the December-March poetry slams qualify for the April team finals (note: no poet takes 2 slots: if the January winner wins in February, that slot passes to February's 4th place poet, etc.). Team Finals are 3 rounds and qualifiers all must provide text of their 3 qualifying poems, 2 of which they cannot use at Finals (meaning they will need 5 total poems to make the team). Scores are cumulative in April, top 5 make the team. Ties are broken by either a haiku deathmatch or a 1 poem duel (audience decides by applause which to have). On any team member dropping, the slot is offered to the next-highest placing poet from the team finals. Should that list be exhausted and we need another team member, there would be a special slamoff to determine whom.

Our iWPS and WoW representatives will be the top-placing participant in the previous April poetry slam who can pay their way to the event as we cannot offer reimbursement for this event's expenses.

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General Discussion / Re: US Midwessssssssssssst March 2011

« on: October 10, 2010, 10:15:21 PM »

RC,

should you pass through or near Omaha, just let me know... it doesn't look like you'd make our slam (it's on the 2nd Saturday) but we'd scrub up something.   Or at least provide you with a sandwich as you drive through.

-Matt

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General Discussion / Re: Best Host of Nationals 2010?

« on: September 06, 2010, 08:18:37 PM »

I concur, DMD, my team was in that bout and he was fantastic.  You did a fine job, yourself.

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General Discussion / Re: Best Host of Nationals 2010?

« on: August 27, 2010, 09:34:51 PM »

I thought Nick Fox was pretty much perfect in the bout I saw him host.

Nazelah hosted Finals and, yeah, some things appeared to go wrong but I really think Finals Night is an abnormal beast... no matter how good a host is there, so much more can go wrong so it's hard to judge on that.  Getting to the end of such a show is cause for commendation, even if a lot went awkwardly.

-Matt

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General Discussion / Re: Poet Fantasy Football time

« on: August 17, 2010, 05:52:55 PM »

Yep, it's on Autopick... I know it's not ideal, but I do that as my work schedule is random and I never end up making live drafts no matter how I try and plan...

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General Discussion / Re: NPS 2010 Recap

« on: August 11, 2010, 06:55:35 PM »

For once, it appears that showing up with 20 minutes to go on the last day of registration was the right move... there is no wait if you procrastinate!

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General Discussion / Re: Poet Fantasy Football time

« on: August 10, 2010, 04:31:18 PM »

When that Snickers bar lights up my team for 40 points, I get bitter, Amy David... bitter...

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General Discussion / Re: Poet Fantasy Football time

« on: August 10, 2010, 06:55:01 AM »

When I learn to program a lot better, that Fantasy Poetry Slam Team site will totally happen.

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General Discussion / Poet Fantasy Football time

« on: August 09, 2010, 08:23:43 PM »

Now that NPS is done, it is of course time for Fantasy Football.  Last year, the league was on Facebook but that app moved pretty slow, so I'm trying it somewhere I haven't used before, NFL.com:

League Name: U Throw Like A Poet
League Website: http://poets.league.fantasy.nfl.com

To allow other managers to join your league, send them the League ID# and Password below.

League ID: 120991
League Password: throwit


All are welcome.  Unless their last name is "Amy David."

-Matt

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General Discussion / Re: Action regarding passes for NPS

« on: July 29, 2010, 09:17:56 PM »

Thanks, Scott and EC!

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General Discussion / Re: Trouble ordering passes online...?

« on: July 24, 2010, 04:24:00 PM »

Is it better/worse for PSI if we order an All-Event pass for our coach online or in Saint Paul?