The first ever Individual World Poetry Slam Championship
Saturday January 3, 2004
from Kimberly Simms of Wits End Poetry in Greenville, South Carolina:
Poetry Slam Inc., organizers of the National Poetry Slam, will be holding the first annual Individual World Poetry Slam (iWPS) this February 5th - 7th in Greenville, South Carolina. More than 60 contenders from cities across North America and beyond will slug it out in two days of preliminaries, culminating in a final clash of the top twelve on the main stage at the Handlebar. As in all slam events, the final champion will be chosen by five judges picked randomly from the audience.
If you’re not able to get to South Carolina next month to see the iWPS for yourself, come on back to About Poetry afterwards to read Kimberly’s on-scene report & a sampling of the poems done in the competition.
Poetry Slam Inc. and Wits End Poetry have partnered to bring this amazing project to Greenville. In large cities such as Chicago and New York, performance poetry is an integrated part of the arts scene. This event will expose Carolina audiences to performance poets of worldwide acclaim – it’s the only event of this kind to come to the Carolinas, ever. Ticket prices will be in the $5-$15 range to make attendance accessible to all. We will also be having workshops and open day events for teens and adults so that everyone can have direct exposure to the artists. The goal of this event is to revolutionize the exposure of citizens to performance poetry in the Carolinas. Marc Smith, poetry slam founder, will be coming to Greenville in February to host the event.
In May 2003, on a Saturday night, crowds packed into the main hall at the LEAF Festival in Eden, North Carolina to watch the poetry plam finals. Those who couldn’t get in pressed their faces to the screened-in windows, trying to catch a glimpse of one of the 12 finalists. In June 2003, the House of Blues in New Orleans was sold out, standing room only for the finals of the 2003 Southern Fried Poetry Slam. In August 2003, close to 5,000 people and 300 poets attended the National Poetry Slam in Chicago, and the audience at the finals at the Navy Pier Skyline Stage numbered 2,000. After Poetry Slam Inc. decided to start a new event, the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship, Greenville, South Carolina won the bid to host the first annual iWPS, beating out Minneapolis and Taos.
Poetry Slam Inc., organizers of the National Poetry Slam, will be holding the first annual Individual World Poetry Slam (iWPS) this February 5th - 7th in Greenville, South Carolina. More than 60 contenders from cities across North America and beyond will slug it out in two days of preliminaries, culminating in a final clash of the top twelve on the main stage at the Handlebar. As in all slam events, the final champion will be chosen by five judges picked randomly from the audience.
If you’re not able to get to South Carolina next month to see the iWPS for yourself, come on back to About Poetry afterwards to read Kimberly’s on-scene report & a sampling of the poems done in the competition.
Poetry Slam Inc. and Wits End Poetry have partnered to bring this amazing project to Greenville. In large cities such as Chicago and New York, performance poetry is an integrated part of the arts scene. This event will expose Carolina audiences to performance poets of worldwide acclaim – it’s the only event of this kind to come to the Carolinas, ever. Ticket prices will be in the $5-$15 range to make attendance accessible to all. We will also be having workshops and open day events for teens and adults so that everyone can have direct exposure to the artists. The goal of this event is to revolutionize the exposure of citizens to performance poetry in the Carolinas. Marc Smith, poetry slam founder, will be coming to Greenville in February to host the event.
In May 2003, on a Saturday night, crowds packed into the main hall at the LEAF Festival in Eden, North Carolina to watch the poetry plam finals. Those who couldn’t get in pressed their faces to the screened-in windows, trying to catch a glimpse of one of the 12 finalists. In June 2003, the House of Blues in New Orleans was sold out, standing room only for the finals of the 2003 Southern Fried Poetry Slam. In August 2003, close to 5,000 people and 300 poets attended the National Poetry Slam in Chicago, and the audience at the finals at the Navy Pier Skyline Stage numbered 2,000. After Poetry Slam Inc. decided to start a new event, the Individual World Poetry Slam Championship, Greenville, South Carolina won the bid to host the first annual iWPS, beating out Minneapolis and Taos.
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