Sedona’s Studio Live hosts a poetry slam Saturday, April 13, starting at 7:30 p.m. hosted by Sedona poet Christopher
Fox Graham.
All poets are welcome to compete for the $75 grand prize and
$25 second-place prize. The prize is funded in part by a donation from Verde
Valley poetry supporter Jeanne Freeland.
The slam is the sixth of the 2012-13 season, which will
culminate in selection of Sedona’s second National Poetry Slam Team, the
foursome and alternate who will represent the city at the National Poetry Slam
in Boston and Cambridge, Mass., in August.
Poets who want to compete should purchase a ticket in case
the roster is filled before they arrive.
The local poets will share the stage with 300 of the top
poets in the United States, Canada and Europe, pouring out their words in a
weeklong explosion of expression. Sedona sent its five-poet first team to the
2012 National Poetry Slam in Charlotte, N.C.
For the Sedona Poetry Slam, slammers will need three original poems, each lasting no
longer than three minutes. No props, costumes nor musical accompaniment are
permitted.
The poets will be judged Olympics-style by five members of
the audience selected at random at the beginning of the slam.
To compete in the slam, poets need at least three original
poems, each three minutes long or shorter. No props, costumes or musical
accompaniment are permitted. All types of poetry are welcome.
The slam will be hosted by Graham, who represented Northern
Arizona on six FlagSlam National Poetry Slams in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010
and 2012.
Contact Graham at foxthepoet@yahoo.com
to sign up to slam.
The
April 13 poetry slam will feature many of the 15 poets involved in the
Necessary Poetry project, a collective of 15 of the best performance
poets in Northern Arizona. Necessary Poetry is currently raising money
to publish its first anthology of poetry, which will include a printed
book and an online version complete with high-quality video, audio
versions of poetry put to music and visual arts by some of Northern
Arizona best contemporary artists to enhance the poetry.
The Necessary Poetry collective will use its funds to host workshops for students, youth and seniors around Northern Arizona. For more information on the project and goals, visit Necessary Poetry, Necessary Publishing or the group's "Holy Spoken Word - Necessary Poetry's 1st Anthology" project on Kickstarter.
What is Necessary Poetry?
The Necessary Poetry collective will use its funds to host workshops for students, youth and seniors around Northern Arizona. For more information on the project and goals, visit Necessary Poetry, Necessary Publishing or the group's "Holy Spoken Word - Necessary Poetry's 1st Anthology" project on Kickstarter.
What is Poetry Slam?
Founded in Chicago in 1984, poetry slam is a competitive
artistic sport. Poetry slams are judged by five randomly chosen members of the
audience who assign numerical value to individual poets’ contents and
performances.
Poetry slam has become an international artistic sport, with
more than 100 major poetry slams in the United States, Canada, Australia and
Western Europe.
All types of poetry are welcome on the stage, from
street-wise hip-hop and narrative performance poems, to political rants and
introspective confessionals. Any poem is a “slam” poem if performed in a
competition. All poets get three minutes per round to entertain their audience
with their creativity.
2013 Sedona National Poetry Slam Team
Competing poets earn points with each Sedona Poetry Slam
performance between September and May. Every poet earns 1 point for performing
or hosting. First place earns 3 additional points, second place earns 2 and
third place earns 1.
Based on points, the top 12 poets in May are eligible to
compete for the four slots on the Sedona Poetry Slam Team, which will represent
the community and Studio Live at the 2013 National Poetry Slam in Boston. Poets
can compete for multiple teams during a season and still be eligible to compete
in the Sedona team.
No comments:
Post a Comment