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2012 TEAM QUALIFYING COMING TO AN END
There are just two more qualifying slams for the 2012 ABQSlams Grand Slam at the Outpost Performance Space on Sat. April 7 at 7:30 pm.

  • THIS THURSDAY, Thurs., 3/29/12 FINAL FRIDAY (on Thursday), 7 pm at Winning Coffee Co., 111 Harvard SE. (All Ages)
  • WEDNESDAY, 4/4/12 POETRY & BEER, 8 pm at Blackbird Buvette, 509 Central NW (21 & over)
The top ten poets from the 2011-12 Slam Season move on to the Grand Slam (as well as the top male and female poet outside the top 10, who will be the sacrificial poets for the evening).

You can check the standings HERE.

LOCAL CHAMPS COMPETE AT WOMEN OF THE WORLD
ABQ City Champion Olivia Gatwood and ABQ WOW champion Jessica Helen Lopez both represented Albuquerque well at the international Women of the World poetry slam in Denver, Colo. March 7-10.

Olivia made finals stage, entering finals ranked 4th and finishing 8th out of 72 poets from all over the United States and the world. Jessica finished 41st. Props to both Olivia and Jessica!

LOCAL POETS CLAIM N.M. HIGH SCHOOL POETRY SLAM TITLES
Albuquerque High School claimed the team title while Reed Adair Bobroff from the Native American Community Academy took the individual title at the N.M. High School Poetry Slam on Saturday, March 21 at Warehouse 508 in Albuquerque.

AHS beat out Taos High School, last year's champions, for the title. Cleveland (Rio Rancho) High took third while Volcano Vista High from Albuquerque's Westside took fourth. Six teams competed in the team competition while a record 13 poets competed for the individual title.
The hgh school slam was sponsored by 508 and ABQ Slams as well as the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, IMMASTAR Productions and the 2Bers crew.

Poets from Volcano Vista and indie competitior Jude Marx will be performing as part of the 2Bers CD Release Party on Sat. April 7.

ABQ INDIE SLAM CHAMPION QUALIFYING STARTING SOON
We've made a big change this year in the way we're chosing the Albuquerque City Champion.
Instead of naming the top finisher at the ABQ Grand Slam the city champ, we'll be having a seperate championship slam and qualifying process over the summer.

We'll be having mostly one-minute and two-minute qualifying slams (with a few three-minute slams thrown in ) over the summer at our regular slam venues.

The ABQ Indie Slam Championship will be held on Aug. 3-4 at a venue to be announced.
The winner of the ABQ Indie Slam will be the official ABQSlams representative at the international Individual World Poetry Slam in Fayetteville, Ark. in October 2012.

Stay tuned for the schedule of qualifying slams...

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