Bill Campana reads at the only place in town where you can buy The Hit List...


A special free show for fans of Mr Campana, he's going to read what he wants, which, I would guess, is probably all new material fresh out of 2010. He will write more material in the first 12 days of 2010 than most poets will write all year.

Bill has published many Chapbooks, and produced one of statement collections of the performance poetry movement of the last decade. Do not miss this tremendous poetry talent.

Date:Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Time:8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:Evermore Nevermore
Street:127 W Main St
City/Town:Mesa, AZ

Sponsored by:
Bill Campana:
Brick Cave Media:
Evermore Nevermore:

Listen to Bill @ Amazon:
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Watch Bill on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F3yUkxd-N8

2009 is fast coming to a close, and we here at Anthology central are already gearing up for a fantastic and busy 2010. As we look back at all the good we did in 2009, we reorganized and re-energized the Mesa Poetry Slam, finding a new home for the event and helping continue a tradition that has lasted in Mesa for 15 years. We paid registration fees for all of our poets that attended national events in 2009, and we helped raise money for both our team and our Women of the World and Individual World Poetry Slam representatives. We hosted the best in Arizona at the Cactus Slam 2.0, and we hosted the largest ever Poe Show at the Mesa Arts Center. We continued the tradition of The Valentine's Day Massicree. In one week, we will select our 2010 Women of the World Representative, and in two weeks, we will host our annual slammie awards.

We brought The Pin Cushion Orchestra, Paul Lipman and others into Downtown Mesa. 2009, for all of the challenges that it brought to us, is ending on a strong note. We'll be publishing our first ever annual Anthology of the best poems from the slam this year. We hosted performance poetry workshops, and organized our first reunion show of poets all of our past slam teams. We started AZPoetrypedia.com, and it has quickly grown into an invaluable rescource for poets and others regarding the history of Poetry in Arizona.

In 2010, we want to do even more, but we need your help. You know that we operate on a thin budget, and we'd like to have some breathing room to promote our 2010 events, pay some of the bigger names in poetry to visit Mesa in 2010, and continue to offer the community, both poet and audience the absolute best value for a poetry event.

So we are asking for you, yes, you, to chip in towards our goal of $2,500 by the end of December. Help us to help grow what we have started, a community based poetry community. We'd like to bring Voices of Youth back in 2010, keeping it open to everyone and anyone. And you can help us do that. We'd like to host the largest Mesa Slamoff Ever, sharing the excitement and rush of a huge crowd with any poet willing to dedicate to their art.

And you can make that happen. Please act now. All contributions are tax deductable,

Us the Paypal Link right here to donate today, you can also see how much we have received so far. Anthology's address is PO Box 4411, Mesa, AZ 85211-4411 for postal mail donations.

It's Holiday Time! Bring out your holiday poem this week, we'll be recording the show and the best holiday poems will become the fist ever Anthology Holiday Spoken Word Album. Had a horrible X-Mas? Write us a poem about it. Got a message for the Hanukkah holiday? bring it out. Funny, reflective, serious... it's all good with us...

Show starts at 8PM

We've got $15 in the Two Fists of Slam poetry kettle waiting for someone to start getting their little poet hands on it...

Plus...

Read on Anthology.org Here | Discuss in the Anthology Forums Here.

The Two Fists of Slam Prize
Thursday, 17 September 2009 22:33 | Author: Anthology Webmaster |

Anthology, Inc., the East Valley’s leading literary nonprofit, in partnership with the Downtown Poetry Slam, is proud to announce a new Poetry Slam Prize program called The Two Fists of Slam.

The program provides a special prize for poets that regularly attend and compete in both slams.

Beginning September 17th, 2009, each time the Mesa Poetry Slam and The Downtown Poetry Slam are held, each event will add $5.00 to the fund. The poet wins the prize when they win 3 consecutively scheduled slams where each slam has seven or more competitors.

The Anthology.org home page has been updates with a new "Two Fists of Slam" Tracker, where you can see the most current tally of Two fists of slam progress, including whether a poet is on their way to winning the prize. In describing the fund, Bob says, “In the 15 years that I have organized poetry in the valley, we have always had the opportunity to provide more tenured poets with an element of higher stakes to drive their performance. The audience definitely responds as well when they know more in on the line- it creates a more exciting show.”



For more information on The Mesa Slam (Anthology), Click Here. For more information on The Downtown Poetry Slam, Click Here.



Questions and Answers

1) Three in a row?

A) Yes, three slams that happen in a row, typically (but not always), that would entail two Mesa Slams and one Phoenix Slam, since Mesa is every week and Phoenix is the 2nd and 4th Fridays.

2) If there are fewer than 7 slammers in a slam, what happens?

A) We still add $5 to the prize, but the winning poet does not qualify towards the three win criteria. If a poet already had 1 or 2 wins, their streak is considered broken and they must start over.

3) How do i get my winnings?

A) Each organizer tracks their portion of the prize independently, so, depending on schedules and circumstances, you may get paid independently by each slam for their portion, although the organizers will most likely make a point to try and be at the "Win Out" event to celebrate the potential 3rd win.

4) Subject to change

A) The organizers of the Tiny Mesa poetry Slam (Mesa Slam, Anthology Slam, Essenzaslam, et all) and The Downtown Poetry Slam reserve the right to review and modify the terms and conditions of the prize and it's awarding based on independent circumstance.

www.anthology.org



Hosted by:
Crazy Mesa Poets
When:
Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM MST
Description

What's that you say? We do this every week? It's free to get in? And only $1 to slam? And Queens Pizzeria makes wings hotter than Hades? And Bob will sing George Benson songs if you ask him? How could you NOT be there...

It's a no holds barred verbal duel that brings out the best in each writer and performer.

* This show happens Each and Every Thursday.
* All shows start at 8PM
* Suggested Donation is $5
* Cash Prize awarded for first place

This show also features:

* The Pad- Pass around a pad for a free-writing excercise for the audience during the show. Some lucky audience person gets to read it at the end.
* The 60 second Haiku Death Match. A complete best of 5 Haiku slam all done in less than 60 seconds. Between the second and third rounds.

To learn more about each show, including features, sponsors and more, visit the Anthology Forums.

The Anthology "Tiny Mesa" Poetry Slam


Queen's Pizza
125 W Main
Mesa, AZ
(480) 964-1609

In the tradition of Arizona performance poetry, Anthology, the state's longest running performance poetry nonprofit presents the next great Mesa poetry tradition.

Poetry Slam is a competition, where poets perform their work to be judged by the audience based on the presentation and content. The Anthology Poetry Slam has three rounds, and in each round the poets perform in random order, with a 3 minute time limit for each performance.

It's a no holds barred verbal duel that brings out the best in each writer and performer.

Directions:

From East of Mesa Drive:
by Car
Catch the US 60 westbound until you reach Mesa Drive, Exit North and take Mesa drive to Main St. Drive west on Main street until you reach Queen's, just passed McDonald.

or

Catch the Loop 202 westbound to Country Club Drive. Take Country Club Drive south to Main St. Take Main street east to Queens, which is just past Robson.

by Bus

Catch the 40 bus (Apache/Main), and ride it to DT Mesa. Get off between Mesa Dr and Country Club.

Routes/Times available here

From Phoenix, Tempe or anywhere west of Country Club:

by Car
Catch the US 60 eastbound until you reach Country Club Drive, Exit North and take Country Club to Main St. Drive east on Main street until you reach Queen's, just passed Robson.

or

Catch the Loop 202 Eastbound to Country Club Drive. Take Country Club Drive south to Main St. Take Main street east to Queens, which is just past Robson.

by Light Rail/Bus

Catch light rail to "The end of the Line" Sycamore/Mesa. From there catch the 40 bus as below.

Catch the 40 bus (Apache/Main), and ride it to DT Mesa. Get off between Mesa Dr and Country Club.

Hello-

Just a quick reminder that the Deadline for submitting your 2010 volunteer request for Anthology is today! here are the volunteer positions we need for 2010. We would love to hear from you, and get your help to make the rest of 2009 and 2010 a literary success!

Fundraising Director

Promotion/Public Relations Director

Festival/Large Events Director

Youth Director

To submit your information for consideration of one of the above positions, please use the form below:
http://www.anthology.org/submit-volunteer-request.html

We'll be scheduling meeting times in the coming week to meet with everyone that have volunteered, and we will hopefully announce the new volunteer soon.

For more information on Anthology's volunteer program, visit here.