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And the Winner of the 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam Is...
Ed Mabrey!!

After duking it out with 71 competitors from all over the globe, Ed Mabrey took home the title of 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam. He received a grand prize of $1,000 and a book deal with The Wordsmith Press (www.thewordsmithpress.com).

The top five winners of the 2007 iWPS Tournament were:

1st - Ed Mabrey
2nd - Anis Mojani
3rd - Andrea Gibson
4th - Jamie De Wolfe
5th - Dan Leamen

Congratulations to all of our competitors!! Join us next year in Columbus, Ohio for the 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam. And if you can't wait until next year, join us this summer in Austin, Texas at the 2007 National Poetry Slam!
 
TWO last chance slams for iWPS in 2007
Did you know there is traditionally one slot in the annual Individual World Poetry Slam reserved for an the winner of an open slam held the night before the contest? Did you know that in 2007 there will be TWO Last Chance Slams held?

RESERVED - 1ST NATIONS SLAM WINNER

Close to 100% of British Columbia sits on untreatied native land. And there is a solid Aboriginal population in the neighborhood. The 1st Nations Slam is a special event taking place this year that will honor the first nations that populated this land. This slam is a last chance slam, but it is only open to members of the First Nations. Even if you're NOT a member of the First Nations, we would love to see you attend and pay homage to the fact that we represent all nations, including the ones that existed before the Europeans landed on this continent.

The winner of this slam receives a prepaid reserved slot into the tournament. (Contestant is still responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements)

RESERVED - LAST CHANCE SLAM WINNER

The winner of the last chance slam (or wild card slam) that takes place the night before the tournament wins the final slot in the annual tournament. Contestant is responsible for registration fee, travel and lodging arrangements.

So, get to Vancouver. Your chances are as good as anyone else's!
 
iWPS 2007 Contestants (Official)
Here is the official list of centestants for iWPS 2007 as we know it: Please let us know immediately if there are problems or discrepancies in this list. The number after the name and geographical marker represents the order in which the application was received and processed. The list is full.

This list was last amended on January 20, 2007

The list is full.

Anyone signing up from now on is seeking space on the waiting list in hopes that there will be some poets unable to attend.
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Rattle Calls for Submissions
The poetry journal RATTLE is honoring the 21st birthday of Slam with a special issue to be released June 2007, featuring interviews, essays, and an audio CD of the poetry section performed.Send a recording of up to 5 poems, including a cover letter, the text of the pieces, and a SASE for return of the materials. We would prefer the recordings to be windows-compatible audio files on a CD, but we will also listen to cassette tapes. If no audio is available, feel free to send the text alone, assuming we will be able to arrange audio later. Preference may be given to submissions with higher-quality audio.No poems previously published, or scheduled for publication, in national liteary journals (i.e. those with ISSN or ISBNs). Works already appearing in books, chapbooks, or CDs are fine, as long as you hold their rights.Those published will need to sign a contract granting RATTLE duplication rights on the audio. All other rights revert to the authors upon publication. Payment is two copies of the issue.Send submissions to:RATTLE12411 Ventura BlvdStudio City, CA 91604Deadline for Submissions: February 1st, 2007Visit http://www.rattle.com/slam.php
 
Happy Birthday to Poetry Slam
On July 25, 1986, our lives changed forever.

That's the night Marc Smith decided to add a wrinkle to the weeklyChicago Poetry Ensemble show at the city's legendary Green Mill Tavernwith something called the poetry slam. Originally aking-of-the-hill-style competition, with two poets going mano a manoover multiple rounds, the competition morphed over those next fewmonths into the format we know today: poets sign up on a list, readone poem in three minutes, and get numerical scores from audiencemembers serving as judges.
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