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Women of the World Poetry Slam Debuts in Detroit!!!

ImageFinals Night takes place tonight, March15,2008 at the Filmore Theater on Woodward in Detroit. This has been the sweetest event so far and finals promises to be just as satisfying. Come on out and see a Poetry Slam unike any other you have ever seen! And THANK YOU DETROIT!

 

PSi is pleased to announce that our first ever Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWps) will be taking place March 13-15, 2008 in Detroit, MI!

As we launch WOWps's maiden voyage, we invite you to join us for 3 days of competition, workshop and sisterhood.

There will be day events, seminars and of course the slam!  There will also be a jump off event the day before!

So book your tickets now and head over to www.womenspoetryslam.com to find out more about this wonderful event!

There are only 54 spots available for PSi-certified venues and indies, so stay tuned to the website and to www.poetryslam.com to find out registration details. The first announcement is about an online video slam for one registration fee. Get your video clip together. We will be limiting this contest to only a few 3 minute poems. And submission is going to happen very soon.

Official Registration for WOWps has begun!!

 

Special UPDATE: Our online video slam has begun. If you are a woman who would like to come to the first ever WOWps by winning your entry fee and a year's membership in PSI (yes, for free!), get your 3 minute video together and deliver it (or your YouTube url) from now until February 8th. No new entries permitted after the 8th! For more information, jump into the PSI Forum and see how to get involved.

 
PSI Remembers: Peter Vicinanza

Peter Vicinanza (b. 04/30/1940), co-host of the 1997 National Poetry Slam in Middletown, CT passed away on 10/04/2007. He was 67 years old.

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Photo by Peter Vicinanza
 

From his wife, Faith Vicinanza:

Please forgive me for doing this by email, Peter passed away quietly at home earlier Thursday evening with me, my daughter Christina, and my oldest son Michael beside him.  We are all devastated, it has been a very hard couple of days.  He began declining rapidly a few days ago and Thursday was like a freight train that had gained speed and there was no turning back, we had hospice care with us through the afternoon and evening, Chris and I and the nurse worked hard all day to make him comfortable and I had the chance to say, again, all the last things I wanted to say.  I will miss him terribly. Services are tentatively October 14th but I will let you know when they are arranged.  

My love and appreciation to all of you who supported us through this, and there were so many who held us up physically and spiritually, I am forever honored by your friendship and caring.

Faith (and Peter)
 
Peter was an inspiration to several poets in our family and will be missed terribly. To read some of his works and to see the "Key West to Canada Bicycle Tour Photo Blog", please visit 2005 http://faithandpeter.blogs.com.
 
 
Past NPS Winners

Winners and finalists of the National Poetry Slam.
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Poetry Slam FINALLY Turns Legal!

So this one night in Chicago, this guy attends an open mic poetry reading…in a Bar.  Finding that he had to compete with the noise of TVs blaring and drunken patrons talking loudly, he jumped up on a table, started to perform loudly and THAT’S how poetry slam was born.

Well, not really. But that’s the story I was told when I came into the poetry slam world some 8 years ago.
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2007 NUSPA Winners are...
On behalf of the entire poetry community, Great Publishing Company would like to congratulate the National Underground Spokenword & Poetry Awards (NUSPA) winners that YOU voted best at their craft. Give us a little time to gather all of the photographs, comments, and footage and we will deplay/air it all. Say congratulations to our 2007 NUSPA winners!! And stay tuned in to www.greatpublishing.com and www.myspace.com/greatpublishing for the recap of NUSPA and updates. Thank you ALL for coming and those that missed it, you REALLY missed it. Special thanks to everyone who took the time to volunteer their talent and time. We'll see you next year at the 2008 National Underground Spokenword and Poetry Awards!
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