Sunday, 1 September 2013
Dwayne Morgan presents the 11th Annual Poetry Slam with more than twenty competitors from Toronto, Montreal, New York City, Chicago, Ottawa, Buffalo, Burlington and Rochester.
Get your tickets now vie Email Transfer to info@upfromtheroots.ca, Paypal to dmorgan@upfromtheroots.ca and at A Different Booklist, 746 Bathurst St, Play De Record, 357 Yonge Street, or Knowledge Bookstore, 177 Queen St. West in Brampton.
Advance tickets are $20
It's that time of year again, when we begin signing poets up for this year's competition!!
2013 Competitors
1. Janice Lee (Kitchener)
2. Lip Balm (Mississauga)
3. Tomy Bewick (Burlington)
4. Samantha Whitney (Toronto)
5. The P.O.E. (Burlington)
6. Dan Murray (Burlington)
7. V (Ottawa)
8. Kym Dominique-Ferguson (Montreal)
9. Stacey Kay (Buffalo)
10. D-Light Full (Ottawa)
11. Anto Chan (Toronto)
12. Britta B (Toronto)
13. Craig Buckle (Toronto)
14. Alvin Lau (Chicago)
15. Bassam (Burlington)
16. Rua El-Kasheef (Mississauga)
17. Lakeya Haygood (Rochester)
18. Teddy (Mississauga)
19. ArRay of WoRds (Ottawa)
20. Cathy Petch (Toronto)
21. Valerie (Buffalo, NY)
22. Andre Prefontaine (Calgary)
Interested, get in touch sooner than later to find out how you can get your name on the list!
Dwayne Morgan
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 2012, 10 year anniversary of the Toronto International Poetry Slam. The countdown is now on for 2013.
If you'd like to know how your favourite poet did, here are the 2012 results
Winner
1. Erika Gault (84.1)
Finalists
2. Prufrock (83)
3. Suhaib Ibn Najeeb (82.6)
4. Lishai (82.3)
5. The P.O.E. (81.4)
6. Raissa Simone (80.5)
7. Cathy Petch (80.3)
Semi Finalists
8. Loh El (53.4)
9. Randell (52.8)
10. Deonte Osayande (52.5)
11. Komi Olaf (52.4)
12. Synonymous (51.8)
13. Just Jamaal (51.2)
Participants
14. Lip Balm (23)
15. Ten Thousand (22.8)
16. Hyf The Gypsy Son (21.5)
17. Array of Words (21.4)
18. Tomy Bewick (18.7)
19. Ritallin (17.5)
20. Patrick De Belen (15.4)
Doors Open: 6:00PM
Show Starts: 7:00PM
Admission: $20 in advance $25 at the door
Location: Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas West, Toronto, ON
Info: www.dwaynemorgan.ca and http://www.lula.ca/events/2013/september/spokenwordz.html
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