 downtown Madison, WI
After a year of Win & You’re In bouts, SlamMasterConferences and a rack of other requirements filled in order to get their teamsto the National Poetry Slam, we finally have a list of competitors!!!
The following teams are IN, in no particular order (as of July 18, 2008):
*listing is State/City of Slam Venue ~ Name of Slam ~ SlamMaster/Mistress:
1. Honolulu ~ HawaiiSlam ~ Kealoha
2. Salt Lake ~ Salt City Slam ~ Jesse Parent
3. San Antonio ~ PuroSlam ~ Jason Gossard
4. Worcester ~ Worcester Poets Asylum ~ Bill Macmillan Robert Gill
5. Chicago ~ Mental Graffiti ~ Tim Stafford
6. Fayetteville ~ Ozark poetry Slam ~ Doug Shields
7. Amarillo ~ Slamarillo ~ Jose Raul Rodarte
8. New Paltz ~ Slamtopia ~ Angel Aviles
9. New York ~ Urbana ~ Shappy
10. Albuquerque ~ Albuquerque ~ Don McIver
11. Wailuku ~ MauiSlam ~ Dave/Chela Coennen
12. Denver ~ Denver Mercury Slam ~ Jen Rinaldi
13. Kalamazoo ~ Poets Anonymous K-Zoo ~ Todd Bannon
14. Houston ~ Houston Poetry Slam ~ Bro. Said
15. Buffalo ~ Nickel City Poetry Slam ~ Gabrielle Bouliane
16. Richmond ~ Richmond Nahuatl ~ Daniel Custodio
17. Boise ~ Boise Poetry Slam ~ Cheryl Maddalena
18. Milwaukee ~ Mecca ~ Dasha Kelly
19. Sacramento Life Sentence Slam ~ Van OBryan (-GO)
20. Dallas ~ Dallas Poetry Slam ~ Rock Baby
21. St. Paul ~ Soap Boxing ~ Matthew Rucker
22. Silver City ~ Silver City Slam ~ Sam Castello
23. Minneapolis ~ Minneapolis Poetry Slam ~ Allison Broeren
24. Berkeley ~ Berzerkeley Poetry Slam ~ Charles Ellik/ Emma Gomez
25. Lincoln ~ No Coast Writers Collective ~ Ryan Tewell
26. Seattle ~ Seattle Poetry Slam ~ Deamond Arrindell
27. Paris ~ France Poetry Slam ~ Pilot le hot
28. Killeen ~ Rhyme or Die ~ John Miller
29. Cleveland ~ Cleveland Poetry Slam ~ Tom Noy
30. New York ~ Nuyorican Poets Cafe ~ Mahogany Browne
31. Portland ~ Second Tuesday Slam ~ Nathan Amadon
32. Hampshire ~ Hampshire County Slam Collective ~ Sean Conlon
33. Denver ~ Nuba ~ Suzie Q/ Bobby LeFebre
34. Boston ~ Boston Cantab ~ Simone Beaubien
35. Orlando ~ Broken Speech Slam ~ j Bradley
36. Durham ~ Hayti Heritage Center ~ Janella Sellers
37. Detroit ~ Bytethis Poetry Series ~ Cassie Poe
38. Eureka ~ Accident Slam ~ Therese Keslin-FitzMaruice
39. Richmond ~ SlamRichmond ~ Felicia Winston
40. Charlotte ~ SlamCharlotte ~ Inkera/Bluz
41. Lincroft ~ Loser Slam ~ Chad Anderson
42. OK City ~ IAO Wayward Slam ~ Tracey Townsend
43. Manchester ~ Poetry Slam @ Bridge Cafe ~ Mark Palos
44. Tucson ~ Ocotillo Slam ~ Lindsay Miller
45. Montevallo Montevallo Poetry Slam ~ Kirk Hardesty
46. Cincinnati ~ Slammin' on Main ~ Jennie Wright (replacing Lafayette - withdrawn)
47. Ann Arbor ~ Ann Arbor Poetry Slam ~ Deb Marsh/Erik Daniel withdrawn 48. Bryan ~ Revolution Cafe ~ Stephen Sargent withdrawn
49. Decatur ~ Art Amok ~ Karen Garrabrant
50. Austin ~ Southflavas ~ Brian Francis
51. Phoenix ~ Downtown ~ Jeremiah Blue
52. Madison ~ Urban Spoken Word Slam ~ David Hart
53. Columbus ~ Columbus Writers Block Scott Woods
54. New York ~ Louder Arts ~ Rachel McKibbens
55. Springfield ~ Well Fed Head ~ Mike Sowers
56. Delray Beach ~ Dada Slam ~ Chris Imperial
57. Los Angeles ~ Da Poetry Lounge ~ Shihan
58. St. Louis ~ St. Louis Poetry Slam ~ Michael O'Brian
59. Ft. Worth ~ Ft. Worth Poetry Slam ~ Michael Guinn
60. Baton Rouge ~ Baton Rouge Poetry Slam ~ Xero Skidmore withdrawn
61. Austin ~ Austin Poetry Slam ~ Mike Henry
62. Mesa ~ Essenzaslam ~ The Klute
63. Totonto ~ Toronto Poetry Slam ~ David Silverberg
64. Columbus ~ Columbus Black Pearl ~ Will Evans
65. San Diego ~ San Diego Slam ~ Chris Wilson
66. Boston ~ Boston Lizard Lounge ~ Jeff Robinson
67. Atlanta ~ Poetry Atlanta ~ Bryan Patillo
68. White Plains ~ White Plains Poetry Slam ~ Zork
69. Flagstaff ~ Flagstaff Poetry Slam ~ John Catier
70. Detroit ~ Detroit EchoVerse ~ Johnny Jenkins
71. Vancouver ~ VanSlam ~ Lisa Slater
72. Oakland ~ Oakland Poetry Slam ~ Dahled
73. Philadelphia ~ The FUZE ~ Sherod Smallman
74. Charlotte ~ Respect Da Mic ~ Kelly Quinn
75. Palatine ~ Palatine Poetry Slam ~ Steven Whitfield withdrawn
76. Chicago ~ Green Mill ~ Marc Smith
77. Houston ~ H-Town Slam ~ Marcel Murphy
78. San Francisco ~ The City Slam ~ Mark States
79. Baltimore ~ Slamicide ~ Chris August 80. Greenville/Spartanburg ~ Upstate Slam ~ Kimberly Simms
There are up to 84 team slots available this year. We do not have to use all of them. If we cut back, we cut back in groups of 4. So 80 or 76, etc.
Special Announcement: EC has decided to continue to accept applications from teams through June with the understanding that we can only accept new entries into the tournament in groups of four. All will be added to the waiting list and as we get to the next "magic" number, we will admit additional teams. If you think you missed deadlines, we can still get you in. If you know of others who think they have missed deadlines, we can work past that too. This is not a standard practice. This is a function of the EC voting earlier in the year to expand the tournament to 84 teams.This is not likely to be the case next year. No reason to expand the field if we don't fill it this year.
NOTE NOTE: There are no more applications being accepted. We will have a short waiting list of teams. Some teams have dropped out. We will end up with a field of 76 teams competing in NPS 2008 in Madison. That is the largest NPS to date. All applicants are in the contest. There is no waiting list.
Please know that the bout draw will not be posted at this time, and that any inquiries regarding your slam team’s name being on this list may take 24-48 hours to resolve as we are looking at each case thoroughly to ensure adequate processing of your apps.
Thanks for your patience, SlamFamily. We can’t wait to see you in Madison, WI!! |
