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2005 Individual World Poetry Slam Championship |
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OK, we're functional on registrations for the 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam. Three thrings to do: 1) Be a PSI member through February of 2005, 2) Pay $100 registration fee (in the e-store on the signup page all the way at the bottom or by check or money order through the mail) 3) Fill out the application form at http://www.poetryslam.com/iwps-form.htm (also found by clicking the blue words in the product description in the store) Remember, 50 slots reserved for representatives of certified venues. 10 slots reserved for people who can't get to a venue. Please promote this to all Spoken Word artists everywhere, especially in foreign countries.iWPS will be held in Worcester, MA on February 10-12, 2005. the website for it will be up & running at... www.poetsasylum.org just click on the "iWPS2005" button. See YOU at this premier event! |
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Just a quick note to let you know that some new slam video is making its way to the market right now.
1) The World's Greatest Poetry Slam 2003 is the Chicago nationals finals for both individuals and teams. DVD-R
2) NPS 2000 in Providence has been rendered for DVD. Much improved audio and video. DVD-R
3) Busload of Poets is the documentary of the 2000 SlamAmerica Tour in DVD-R.
4) SlamNation is out with a limited promo copy on DVD and will be followed up very soon with expanded footage for the home video market and with additional web-support in the Educational version.
Each product has a more detailed product description in the online store. These are "must-have" additions to your slam library.
All of these items are now available in the online store of www.poetryslam.com or go to videos directly with this link: http://www.poetryslam.com/modules.php?name=Store&mode=catdetail&catid=7
You can also pick it up through www.thewordsmithpress.com |
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2004 Storm Poets at NPS in St. Louis |
PSI is proud and pleased to announce the following individuals will be participating in the National Poetry Slam in St. Louis in 2004 as Storm poets. These poets come from all over the country and beyond. (One Canadian poet and one British poet in the mix.)
In no particular order:
William Judd aka Gypsie Collins
Patrick Washington aka Black Picasso
Alonso Mendez
Eric Allen aka Zork
George Miller
Jill Binder
Panika Dillon
Jim Thomas
Cathy Terry
Benajamin Hughes
Jermaine McClure aka j-boogie
Kevin Rourke
Brent Shuttleworth
Kimberley Zisa |
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Buddy Wakefield does it again |
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We all know that Buddy Wakefield won the first-ever PSI sanctioned Individual World Poetry Slam Championship back in February. But what is new is that a different world title was on the line in Europe recently at the World Slampionship in Rotterdam.You've probably guessed the punchline of this story already. It's true. Buddy Wakefield went to Rotterdam and won that world title too!Hats off to Buddy for unifying the title. It needed to be done!Buddy's new book, Some They Can't Contain is available in the online store if you've not been exposed to this unique Slam voice and his CD, A Stretch of Presence, is there too. |
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Poetry Cross Training is off to a great start |
The first ever Poetry Cross Taining session concluded at SUNY Oneonta june 10-12. Sixteen brave students subjected themselves to intense training in workshops, lectures, hands on exercizes, and one-on-one cirtiques by some of the best Slam teachers in the world.
They not only survived but came away saying things like:
The camp was well worth the time and cost
I strongly recommend the camp for any would be slammer, performance poet, poetry educator/academic looking to upgrade and make current and relevant their knowledge base
Michael's (Salinger) workshop is very good--even taking it a second time I still learned something. Regie's (Gibson) workshop was good as well--I came away with some valuable tools for future use--ways to generate creative ideas and force myself into a new place from which to write.
Steve Marsh and Robb Thibault are both AMAZING people. They were welcoming and helpful throughout our stay. We all wanted to hug them and take them home with us.
You had a wide mix of ages, nationalities and experience, yet every person attending found something of benefit to them in these sessions. They're talking about doing this again next year, and I definitely would go back. I wasn't excited about the camp before I left. I just felt it was something I was supposed to do. Yet I return thinking I would not trade the experience for anything in the world. I met some terrific young talented people and got some very constructive one-on-one feedback from three of the instructors. I would go back if for no other reason than to see how the seeds planted this year have grown.
Watch this space for updates once we have them in place, and start saving your pennies NOW to attend in June of 2005. |
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