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iWPS 2006 Day 1 Results

The first day of the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship is done. The bouts proved that this event is truly world class. (The lower the total rank the better). This is a re-post of an earlier news article. There were errors in the scores. Some ranks (not total points) have changed.

iWPS 2006 Charlotte, NC Feb 1-4, 2006
Results
Number Name Rd 1 Rk Rd 1 Score Rd 2 Rk Rd 2 Score Total Rk Total Score
101 Matt McDonald 9 23.9 8 27.2 17 51.1
102 Maya Hersh 8 24.4 7 27.3 15 51.7
103 Pilote Le Hot 6 26.2 5 27.4 11 53.6
104 Adam Henze 10 23.8 5 27.4 15 51.2
105 Gypsee-Yo 7 25.5 3 27.7 10 53.2
106 Jim Levine 11 23.5 11 25.8 22 49.3
107 Basik Knowledge 2 27.1 2 28.4 4 55.5
108 Carlos Robson 4 26.5 1 28.5 5 55
109 George Miller 3 26.8 3 27.7 6 54.5
110 Ansel Appleton 12 23.4 10 27.1 22 50.5
111 Shappy 5 26.3 8 27.2 13 53.5
112 Doug Shields 1 27.6 12 24.7 13 52.3
201 Bobby Gibbs 11 24.9 2 29.6 13 54.5
202 Xero Skidmore 6 26.6 1 30 7 56.6
203 Patrick Swan 7 26.2 9 28 16 54.2
204 Ryler Dustin 12 24 7 28.7 19 52.7
205 Joaquin Zihuatanejo 2 28.7 3 29 5 57.7
206 Cuffee 5 27.3 10 27.9 15 55.2
207 Logic 7 26.2 12 27.7 19 53.9
208 Mike McGee 3 27.8 5 28.9 8 56.7
209 Stephanie Williams 1 29.2 10 27.9 11 57.1
210 Tiffany Smith 4 27.7 8 28.4 12 56.1
211 Renaissance 9 25.7 3 29 12 54.7
212 Hakim Bellamy 10 25.4 6 28.8 16 54.2
301 Steve Murray 12 21.8 12 26.7 24 48.5
302 Ashley Mack 10 24.2 5 28 15 52.2
303 Twain 4 26.8 3 28.7 7 55.5
304 Zork 7 24.5 9 27.3 16 51.8
305 Adriana Ramirez 6 25.1 10 27.2 16 52.3
306 Dan Lehman 3 27.1 2 29.4 5 56.5
307 Sonya Renee 2 27.3 1 29.8 3 57.1
308 Rachel McKibbens 1 27.5 8 27.7 9 55.2
309 Katie Wirsing 11 23.4 6 27.8 17 51.2
310 Kahn Davison 9 24.4 4 28.1 13 52.5
311 Wisler Marcelus 5 26.3 11 26.9 16 53.2
312 Thorkil Jacobsen 7 24.5 5 27.8 12 52.3
401 Ali Langston 11 26.7 7 29.1 18 55.8
402 Mathew Rucker 12 25.6 5 29.3 17 54.9
403 Versiz 4 28.2 7 29.1 11 57.3
404 Da Minista 10 26.9 1 29.7 11 56.6
405 Christa Bell 7 27.7 5 29.3 12 57
406 Darling Nikki 8 27.4 12 28.2 20 55.6
407 Evelyn Gildre-Voyles 8 27.4 10 28.9 18 56.3
408 Buddy Wakefied 5 28 7 29.1 12 57.1
409 Q 3 28.5 3 29.4 6 57.9
410 Rachel Finley 2 28.7 11 28.7 13 57.4
411 Iyeoka Okoawa 1 28.9 2 29.6 3 58.5
412 Rives 5 28 3 29.4 8 57.4
501 Jared paul 9 27.4 4 29.3 13 56.7
502 M A 10 27.2 11 28.7 21 55.9
503 Eric Darby 8 27.8 5 29.2 13 57
504 Isaac Miller 4 28.3 1 29.7 5 58
505 Brian Patillo 4 28.3 7 29.1 11 57.4
506 Darrel Payne 6 28 2 29.6 8 57.6
507 Cynthia French 10 27.2 7 29.1 17 56.3
508 Jessie Dyllan Grace 10 27.2 9 29 19 56.2
509 One Truth 7 27.9 5 29.2 12 57.1
510 Chris August 3 28.4 3 29.5 6 57.9
511 Molly Meacham 1 28.6 12 28.3 13 56.9
512 Cassie Poe 1 28.6 9 29 10 57.6
601 Krissi Reeves 6 27.2 3 29.2 9 56.4
602 Mike Guinn 8 26.9 2 29.4 10 56.3
603 Ria 10 26.7 6 28.2 16 54.9
604 Andrea Gibson 2 28.1 1 30 3 58.1
605 Alex Charalambides 11 26 10 27.5 21 53.5
606 Liam Coughlin 9 26.8 7 28.1 16 54.9
607 Cuban 1 28.3 9 28 10 56.3
608 Lee Knight Jr 5 27.3 7 28.1 12 55.4
609 Jerri Hardesty 6 27.2 10 27.5 16 54.7
610 Marcell Murphy 12 25.4 5 28.4 17 53.8
611 Swan 4 27.4 12 27.2 16 54.6
612 Corbet Dean 3 27.5 4 28.9 7 56.4
 
Official PSI Podcast
Podcast goes live today!

Welcome Poetry Slam to your rss feed. Monthly podcast from PSI.

I am as proud as you can imagine to say that PSI is launching an official monthly podcast. The first episode is up and running. It is a 25 minute interview of Taylor Mali by Don McIver. You may or may not know that Don is a regular on KNUM public radio in Albuquerque, so his skills come pre-honed and professional. Huge thanks to Don for making this committment. The RSS feed is located at http://www.poetryslam.com/podcast

If you have iTunes: Open iTunes Go to GÇÿAdvanced/Subscribe to PodcastGǪGÇ¥ Enter http://www.poetryslam.com/podcast and hit OK If you are prompted to know how often to look for updates, make it monthly. If you just want to use your browser to listen and not subscribe point your browser here: http://poetryslam.com/~psipodcasts/psipodcast2-06.mp3

Remember this one is coming early. Next episode on or about March 1. Enjoy.
 
The Spa City Poetry Slam
The Poets loft in Hot Springs Arkansas welcomes all poets touring through to stop in and visit or book a feature spot on one of our weekly Wednesday night poetry readings or a feature spot on one of the quarterly slam dates. If you are interested in a guest emcee spot give us a holler at pam.rawls @prodigy.net or visit the site at http://www.thepoetsloft.net for other contact sources.
The website is constantly being updated and filled with regional slam information and links to help the touring poets in mapping their tours through the south.
Read more...
 
Hurricane Relief for PSI Members
Poetry Slam, Inc. has been persuaded by some of its members to participate in a little hurricane relief for some of our own needy individuals. The following poets are all currently active members of PSI and have been displaced by Katrina:
Chuck Perkins
Asali DeVan
Leonce Hall
Sunni Patterson
Hilton GF Soldier Young
Trinette Asia Rainey

We are encouraging individual poets, certified and registered Poetry Slams and anyone interested to donate cash to PSI to help these poets get back on their feet.

I do not think a donation to PSI for the assistance of PSI members is tax deductible. Disaster releif is not in our organizational mission and PSI members are not a "general" population. I will continue trying to get an answer to that question from the IRS, but any contribution you make to this fund should be considered to be a straight up gift. If you want to give to an organization and get a tax break on your donation, we recommend the American Red Cross at www.redcross.org but of course there are others. Please be careful of scam "charities" though.

If you are a SlamMaster with a positive amount in your GrantBack account, you could divert some or all of that money to this fund if you wish. Just send me an e-mail that tells me to do that. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Anyone can donate through paypal. Go to the PaPal site and click on Send money. Then send it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with a note that says it is for The New Orleans poets.

Anyone can donate with Visa, Mastercard or Discover (sorry, we don't take American Express). The easiest way to do that, with the new rules in place, is by FAX. Send a photocopy of your credit card with a note that says the amount you wish to donate and your signature on it. FAX is completely secure and there is no way to intercept that information. The FAX number at PSI is 810-231-8129.

(Please don't call me this week with credit card numbers as I am on the road and won't be back until September 15. FAX really is our best option.)

And, of course, we will take your checks and money orders through the mail. In fact, credit cards have a service fee and so does PayPal. More of your money will get to New Orleans if you send check or money order or donate from your GrantBack.

Send checks and money orders (with a note that it is for the New Orleans Poets Relief Fund) to:

Poetry Slam, Inc.
Steve Marsh
11462 East Lane
Whitmore Lake MI 48189

I fear that we will not be able to raise very much but I hope that all of you will prove that fear to be wrong.
 
NPS 2005 Teams Attending (OFFICIAL)
The release of this list is later than usual for a variety of reasons. Most of those reasons come down in favor of including everyone in NPS 2005 that we possibly could. Here is the list of 75 teams (the largest ever) who will be in Albuquerque, NM in August 2005 for the largest team Poetry Slam event in the universe.

NPS 2005 teams

1 Milwaukee Poetry Slam
2 Delray Beach Poetry Slam
3 Corpus Christi Poetry Slam
4 Orlando Broken Speech Poetry Slam
5 Atlanta poetry Slam
6 Palatine Poetry Slam
7 Brooklyn Poetry Slam
8 Las Vegas Stop Drop and Slam
9 Say Anything Winter Park Poetry Slam
10 Madison Poetry Slam
11 Pittsburgh Steel City Poetry Slam
12 Kalamazoo Combined
13 Seattle Poetry Slam
14 Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge
15 Denver Poetry Slam
16 Providence Poetry Slam
17 Da Poetry Lounge Holloywood Poetry Slam
18 Mahogany Sacramento Poetry Slam
19 DC Baltimore Poetry Slams
20 Dallas Poetry Slam
21 Colorado Springs Thin Air Poetry Slam
22 Omaha Healing Arts Poetry Slam
23 Los Angeles LAGreen
24 San Jose Poetry Slam
25 Eugene Poetry Slam
26 SlamMN! Minneapolis
27 Detroit Popetry Slam
28 Oneonta Poetry Slam
29 Austin Poetry Slam
30 Worcester Poet s Asylum Poetry Slam
31 Mental Grafitti Chicago
32 New Orleans
33 NYC-Urbana
34 VanCouver Poetry Slam
35 Berkeley Poetry Slam
36 Palo Alto Poetry Slam
37 Flint MI Poetry Slam
38 Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam
39 Albuquerque
40 Houston Southmore Slam
41 HawaiiSlam
42 Louder Arts Bar 13
43 Oklahoma City Poetry Slam
44 Baton Rouge Electric Truth Poetry Slam
45 FlagSlam Poetry Slam
46 Normal Poetry Slam
47 Modesto Slam on Rye
48 Oakland(ish) Poetry Slam Series
49 Central New Jersey Poetry Slam
50 puro -íSLAM! San Antonio
51 Mesa EssenzaSlam/Slamology Poetry Slam
52 Columbus Writers Block Poetry Night
53 Winston Salem Poetry Slam
54 Montevallo Poetry Slam
55 Chicago Green Mill Poetry Slam
56 Ann Arbor Poetry Slam
57 Nuyorican Poetry Slam
58 Taos Poetry Slam
59 San Francisco Poetry Slam
60 Miami Masters Poetry Slam
61 Salt Lake City Poetry Slam
62 Ithaca Poetry Slam
63 Newark DE Poetry Slam
64 Columbia Poetry Slam
65 Durham Jambalaya Poetry Slam
66 Farmington Four Corner Poetry Slam
67 Newark (NJ) Poetry Slam
68 St. Louis Poetry Slam
69 Bowling Green (KY) Poetry Slam
70 Fort Worth Poetry Slam
71 Charlotte Poetry Slam
72 South Florida Poetry Slam
73 Santa Fe Poetry Slam
74 France Poetry Slam
75 Rockford Poetry Slam
 
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