Don't miss poetry events every Sunday night at Coffee Underground!
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Clemson Literary Festival: April 4-5
Pulitzer Prize Reading with Jennifer EganThursday, April 4, 8 – 9 p.m.
The Sixth Annual Clemson Literary Festival presents a reading and Q&A by the Pulitzer Prizewinner fiction writer, Jennifer Egan at the Alumni Center, 109 Daniel Drive, Clemson SC.
The Sixth Annual Clemson Literary FestivalThursday, April 4, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
The Sixth Annual Clemson Literary Festival presents a reading by the poets Ben Mirov and Glenn Shaheen, and the fiction writer Holly Goddard Jones at 356 Sushi and Martini Bar, 366 College Ave, Clemson SC.
The Sixth Annual Clemson Literary Festival
Friday, April 5, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
The Sixth Annual Clemson Literary Festival presents a reading by the poets Ariana Reines and Eduardo C. Corral, and the fiction writers Bonnie Nadzam,
Charles McLeod and David Abrams at Tiger Town Tavern, 368 College Ave, Clemson SC.
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JUNE 2014
GREENVILLE, sc
The 22nd ANNUAL Southern Fried Poetry Slam Regional Spoken word Competition is set to host over 150 poets to compete for thousands of dollars in prize money in Greenville, SC next June!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO 2011'S SOUTHERN FRIED CHAMPIONS!
TEAM:
TEAM JAVAMONKEY
ATLANTA, GA
INDIE:
G (GEORGE YAMAZAWA)
DURHAM, NC
The 19th Annual Southern Fried Poetry Slam took place from June 8-11th, 2011 in Atlanta, GA. The Southern Fried Poetry Slam is the Final Four of competitive poetry and has grown to be the second largest poetry competition in the nation attracting over 200 poets and over 30 teams from all over the nation.
The four day event took place at select venues in the historic Castleberry Hill arts district in downtown Atlanta and featured six preliminary bouts per day culminating in the Southern Fried Poetry Slam Finals. In addition, poets hosted a youth poetry slam and community workshops open to the public.
More info:
http://southernfriedpoetryslam.com
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Wits End Poetry Celebrates 10 Years!
In September 2002, Kimberly Simms held the first Wits End Open Mic in the upstairs of Dougal Maguires Irish Pub. Simms was carrying on the Greenville Slam tradition that had been started by Glenis Redmond in 1996 whens she began the Greenville Poetry Slam. The Greenville Poetry Slam sent slam teams to Nationals in 1997 and 1998, as well as hosted the 1998 Southern Fried Poetry Slam. In 1998, The Greenville Slam Team was also the Southern Fried Champions, as well as being finalists in the 1997 National Poetry Slam. The original 1997 slam team featured Glenis Redmond, Vera Gomez, Kimberly Simms, and Pamela Richie. In 2002, Kimberly Simms began hosting a monthly open mic and slam at Dougal Maguires. In 2004, she hosted the first annual International World Poetry Slam. After this event, Wits End Poetry began holding events at Coffee Underground every Sunday night at 7:30pm. Today this tradition continues under the leadership of Artistic Director Moody Black. Kimberly Simms continues to act as Executive Director of Wits End Poetry as well as the webmaster. |
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| SPARTANBURG: Hub-bub.com Open-Mic Night/ The Showroom @Hub-Bub.
149 South Daniel Morgan Avenue, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Cost : $5/ $10. For high school students and parents Admission: $5 youth/$10 adults For more information call 562-4199 |
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Ra Ra Souldevine hosts poetry events at venues across the Upstate. Check out his facebook for more information:
RA RA on Facebook |
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Fourth Mondays at 7:00 p.m.
New Location!
Chicora Alley*
608b South Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
Venue
Phone: 864-232-4100
Emrys' Reading Room series features regional writers who are published and read nationally. We invite you to hear poets, novelists, and essayists of the Southeast read from their work, ask questions of them, and enjoy fellowship with other friends of the arts. The Upstate also nurtures emerging writers, particularly at the Greenville Fine Arts Center and the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities.
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What is a Poetry Slam? |
What Is a Poetry Slam?
Simply put, poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it.
A poetry slam is an event in which poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience. Typically, the host or another organizer select the judges, who are instructed to give numerical scores (on a zero to 10 or one to 10 scale) based on the poet's content and performance.
The National Poetry Slam is the annual slam championship tournament, wherein four-person teams from all over North America and Europe gather to compete against each other for the national title. It has become part Super Bowl, part poetry summer camp, and part traveling exhibition. Staged in a different city each year, the National Poetry Slam has emerged as slam's highest-profile showcase.
Participants
Generally, you may sign up for a poetry slam at the door on the night of the slam. But some big money slams may require advanced reqistration. Though everyone who signs up has the opportunity to read in the first round, poets may be eliminated based on judges' scores. In other words, the judges vote for which poets they want to see more work from.
NPS is held annually in August in a different city each year. Please see www.NPS2012Charlotte.com for more information. |
| Poetry in Charleston Every Monday! |
Monday Night Blues
Poetry and Music Open Mic
Mondays at 8:00 p.m.
East Bay Coffee House
159 East Bay Street, Charleston
http://www.eastbaymeetinghouse.com/ |
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The August 7-11 the National Poetry Slam will be held in Charlotte, NC at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. Billed as "the competitive art of performance poetry," Slam was invented in Chicago in July 1986 by Marc Smith, a construction worker-turned-poet at an uptown watering hole once frequented by Al Capone. By the late "80s, Slam had spread beyond Chicago to San Francisco, Boston, and New York.
In 1989, the 1st annual National Poetry Slam took place in San Francisco. Bolstered by MTV’s interest in spoken word in the early ‘90s, Lollapalooza’s inclusion of a spoken word stage on its 1994 tour, the release of the documentary film Slam Nation in 1997, and grassroots touring efforts by Slam artists, the Slam movement had sown seeds across the map by the end of the millennium.
NPS 2012 coming in August!Click here for more information! |
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The Poetry Society of SC sponsors several poetry competitions and events.
More information at:
http://www.poetrysocietysc.org |
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Coffee and Poetry
Sunday Nights 7:30 Coffee Underground Downtown Gville
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Coffee and Poetry Every Sunday at Coffee Underground at 7:30pm in Downtown Greenville. [1 E. Coffee Street] Bring your own poems to read or perform. Beginners welcome! Sign-up starts at 7:00pm. All poetry styles welcome! No shows on major holidays as posted.
$5 cover (cash/check).
Poetry Slam held last Sunday of each month. Hosted by Unifyed Sol Poets! 
2012
POETRY IS STILL HAPPENING EVERY SUNDAY AT COFFEE UNDERGROUND AT 7:30PM. Wits End Poetry is the longest running poetry series in South Carolina!
TWITTER FEED:
Last Sunday Every Month. $100 Poetry Slam hosted by Moody Black! First 15 poets to sign-up at door may enter to win. Say What! Please arrive early if you wish to sign up for the slam. Slam nights also have a limited open mic. Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5
January 20 - Open mic featuring Micheal Warrior Bonds from Atlanta, Ga! Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5.
January 27 - $100 Poetry Slam hosted by Moody Black! First 15 poets to sign-up at door may enter to win. Say What! Please arrive early if you wish to sign up for the slam. Slam nights also have a limited open mic. Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5
February 3rd. Open mic hosted by Moody Black! Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5.
February 10th. Fire and Ice Annual Showcase. Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5
February 17th. Open mic hosted by Moody Black! Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5.
February 24th. $100 Poetry Slam hosted by Moody Black. First 15 poets to sign-up at door may enter to win. Say What! Please arrive early if you wish to sign up for the slam. Slam nights also have a limited open mic. Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5.
March 3rd. Open mic hosted by Moody Black! Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5.
March 10th. Open mic hosted by Moody Black! Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5.
March 17th. Open mic hosted by Moody Black! Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5.
March 24th. LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH. $100 Poetry Slam hosted by Moody Black. First 15 poets to sign-up at door may enter to win. Say What! Please arrive early if you wish to sign up for the slam. Slam nights also have a limited open mic. Coffee Underground. 1 East Coffee Street. Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30pm. $5. |
Word Play 4th Thursdays
at Ferguson's Tavern in Spartanburg |
**The Return of Poetry, Music, and More to Spartanburg, SC**
Featuring Navi the Poet and Iz-real the Poet!!! DO NOT MISS THIS!!!
Ferguson's Tavern (Use Side Entrance)
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24
Doors open at 8:00 pm/Show starts at 8:30 PM
Only $5 to Enter
Performers enter free *Limited Performance Slots*
Hosted by Johnny C. Weaver and Sapient Soul Every 4th Thursday.
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Wine Down Saturdays in Spartanburg.
February 16th!
********Open Mic Poetry*********
Hosted by Johnny C. Weaver & Sapient Soul
**Special Guest: JENICE PLEASANT**
Sign up at 8:30 PM and Show starts at 9:00 PM
Only $5
FULL BAR,TAPAS, ENTREES, GREAT ATMOSPHERE |
Upstate Slam Teams 2012: |
Slam Team Slam Off was held Sunday, December 2011 at Coffee Underground/ 1 E Coffee Underground for Team-“Say What!”
Team “Say What”- Moody Black continues as Slam Master, and he is the two-time Grand Slam Champ. Senior team member, Johnny C. Weaver, recently was ranked in the top ten of the Southern Fried Poetry Slam regional competition out of close to 200 poets. Other team members include Epiphany, Sensitive Topic, and Enigma.
Slam Team tryouts were held on Thursday, December , 2011 at the Art Bar for Team-“Say Word!”
Team “Poetic Rock Stars ”- Artisitic Director and Co-Slam Master is Ra Ra Soul Devine. Co-slam Master is team member
Sapient Soul. Other team members include Celestial Poet, Janice Pleasant, Tyshe, and Phloetic Justice (2 Time Poetic Rock Stars Grand Slam Champ)
Team Tell It Like It Is:
Sincere is the team Slam Master. Raw Beauty is the Tell It Like It Is Grand Slam Champ. Other team members include veteran poets Vanilla Twist, Demallo, and Black Phoenix.
Teams will represent Upstate SC in Tampa Florida for the Southern Fried Slam Competitions in June 2012 and for the National Poetry Slam Competitions in August.
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| Asheville Poetry Review |
Most known as an established literary journal, they also sponsor the occasional poetry event. Don't miss their annual contest. Check them out at
on Facebook for current events
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Teen Poetry Slam: Greenville, SC! Hosted by Moody Black. |
****Come one come all!!!*****
Monthly Teen Poetry Slams now being held at Sterling Community Center in downtown Greenville once a month on a Saturday at 2:30pm.
Teens that are interested in being a part of the slam should contact Moody Black via inbox or comments.
***HOSTED MY MOODY BLACK****
Cover is ONLY $5!!!!!!
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The Poetry Initiative is committed to serving the needs of poets in South Carolina through programs, events and resources that help enhance the sense of community among poets across the state, and that, in practical ways, provide opportunities for the development of South Carolina's poets.
To achieve this the Initiative has established three major poetry contests, a series of workshops, a network for poets to communicate with each other and to get information about opportunities for poets in the state, and opportunities for poets to be involved in various poetry programs taking place in South Carolina.
SC Poetry Initiative Website
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Lowcountry Initiative for the Literary Arts
LILA's mission is to nurture and promote the literary arts in South Carolina. It is dedicated to developing programs that enrich the area's literary communities and to diversifying the opportunities open to students, writers, and readers. It approaches this goal by connecting, educating, and promoting writers and readers at every stage of development, from the novice to the professional. |
South Carolina Writers Workshop
A literary arts organization serving both new and established writers, offering writers opportunities to improve their writing, network with others, and gain practical "How To" information about getting published. |
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Greenville/Spartanburg.
Poetry & Fiction Contest! |
Thanks to a new partnership with the Emrys Foundation in Greenville, writers in both Greenville and Spartanburg counties are eligible to participate in our annual creative writing contest. The Hub City/Emrys Prizes will be awarded in March 2012 for excellence in fiction and poetry. All entries must be received by midnight Feb. 1, 2013. You must be at least 18 years of age to enter.
Winners each will receive a full, $600 scholarship to the Wildacres Writers Workshop, a week-long creative writing summer school in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Second- and third-place winners receive full or partial scholarships to Hub City’s “Writing in Place” workshop July at Wofford College.
Submit one unpublished story of no more than 10 double-spaced pages, or three unpublished poems, with 12-point type. Previous winners may not submit in the year following their award. Put your name and email address on a coversheet but not on the manuscript itself. Winners will be notified by April 1, 2011. We prefer that you submit your entries in one document online:
Submit to this contest
If you would rather mail your entry, send to HCWP, 186 West Main St, Spartanburg, S.C. 29306. No manuscripts will be returned. |
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| Upstate Slam Team Upcoming Featured Events |
Check out the Upstate Poets of South Carolina on Facebook to keep up with more poetry events! 
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For features or further information about Sunday night poetry events, please contact Moody Black at: |
Moody Black is the artistic director for the "Say What" Coffee and Poetry series held every Sunday at Coffee Underground at 7:30pm.
Moody Black was a member of the 2004-2005 Upstate South Carolina Slam Teams, the 2006 Spartanburg S.C. Grand Slam Champion, and the slam master for the Upstate South Carolina Slam Team from 2006-Present. He has been featured on Turner South “My South” commercial in 2006, and has been a Witsendpoetry board member since 2004, published in Still Home (Book of poems from Spartanburg, S.C. poets).
For additional information please email him at moodyblack@ witsendpoetry.com or on facebook at Moody Black or Unifyed Sol Poets. |
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SlamCharlotte's Monthly Slam at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Spirit Square. 8pm. $10.
http://www.slamcharlotte.com
Respect the Mic poetry events at the Wine Up at 3306-C N. Davidson St., Charlotte, NC at 9:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. http://www.wine-up.com
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| Atlanta Slam! |
Art Amok Atlanta Slam, every 2nd and 4th Friday
Knight Tyme Venue
627 East College Ave, Suite F
Decatur, GA 30030
More info at myspace
Java Monkey
Facebookfor more information.
Every Sunday Night
Decatur, GA
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Verseworks Open Mic Poetry is at Art Bar
with your host Chris McMcormick.
Bring some thing hidden in the back of your closet,
your journal you write in while sipping Chamomile,
or your stock and trade. This is the place for you
to discover your inner voice.
http://www.verseworks.org
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| Literary Journals and Small Presses in South Carolina |
Apostrophe
Started in 1996 by Sheila Tombe, Apostrophe: The USCB Journal of the Arts, is a small literary arts magazine featuring new and established writers of poetry and short fiction.
Crazyhorse
The literary journal of the College of Charleston. Department of English, College of Charleston, Charleston, 29424.
Illuminations
An international literary magazine run out of Columbia College.
The South Carolina Review
Since 1968, The South Carolina Review has published fiction, poetry, interviews, unpublished letters and manuscripts, essays, and reviews from well-known and aspiring scholars and writers. They have also published special issues, such as the Virginia Woolf International, numerous fictions compilations, and issues focusing on the works of Robert Frost, Mary Gordon, Walker Percy, and James Dickey.
University of South Carolina Press
Established in 1944, it is one of the oldest publishing houses in the South and among the largest in the Southeast. The series editor is Richard Howard.
Yemassee
The literary journal of University of South Carolina, publishes poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, one-act plays, essays and interviews in two issues each year. It is run by graduate student writers and editors. |
Webmaster and founder of Wits End Poetry, Kimberly Gibbs reading in December 2011 at Furman University.
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