Article: Poetry Slam--The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry

Article: QUEENSBOROUGH POETRY SLAM STUDENTS RECENTLY WIN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 9, 2006 ;     589 words ... ... For the second month in a row, Queensborough Community College Poetry Slam students win the Intercollegiate Poetry Slam at the Bowery Poetry Club. Poetry Slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and ...

Article: GOT MILK? Announces 'Poetry Slam' Semi-Finalists.
PR Newswire;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... 10 semi-finalists in the GOT MILK? Poetry Slam contest. The CMPB invited California ... the Grand Prize winner and finalists. Poetry Slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. The Poetry Slam originated in the mid-1980s, when ...

Article: California Teens to Compete in 'Poetry Slam' ...
PR Newswire;  October 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... contest will compete in a high-energy 'Poetry Slam' performance art event for prizes including ... creativity; and (3) originality. Poetry Slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. The Poetry Slam originated in the mid-1980's, when ...

Article: Jimmy 'J.J.' Walker headlines JAZZ POETRY SLAM
New York Beacon, The;  April 13, 2005 ;     587 words ... ... have been honed to a razor's edge. JAZZ POETRY SLAM Jazz Poetry Slam makes a return to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe ... ceremonies along with host Felice Belle. Jazz Poetry Slam is the competitive art of performance poetry with a jazz theme ...

Article: Poetry slam a quirky performance art
University Wire;  April 20, 2004 ;     684 words ... ... Thursday night at a poetry slam at High on Rose. While ... quiet and gentle, a poetry slam is anything but that -- it's the competitive art of performance poetry ... performance. The first poetry slam was at Chicago's ...

Article: Part art, part tourney: ECC Poetry Slam ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  April 14, 2009 ;     587 words ... ... the seventh annual Poetry Slam from 10 to 11:30 ... Spartan Drive, Elgin. Poetry slam, a competitive event ... acknowledged founder of the competitive art of performance poetry (i.e., the poetry slam). In 1986, Smith ...

Article: IOWA CITY POETRY SLAM FEATURED ON 'TALK OF IOWA' ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 19, 2006 ;     591 words ... ... feature the Iowa City Poetry Slam with guests Marvin ... Poetry slams are a competitive art of performance poetry ... nights. Since the Iowa Poetry Slam was started in June ... Many are National Poetry Slam Champions and HBO ...