2009 Press

From the finals stage at NPS 2008

Media Coverage for NPS 2009 (After the event)

Top Performers from the 2009 National Poetry Slam
Huffington Post

Slam poetry makes a convert in WPB
Blog for the Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College

National Poetry Slam Leaves Streets Sparkling with Spoken Word
Palm Beach Artspaper

Media Coverage for NPS 2009 (Prior to the event)

Poetry Slam brings war of words to West Palm Beach
Sun Sentinel

Cassandra brings life to the poetry party
Sun Sentinel

Poetry Slam: Sheriff's deputy turns bad to verse
Sun Sentinel

Asia: Poetry has personal, not preachy, style
Sun Sentinel

National Poetry Slam competition coming to West Palm Beach
Palm Beach Daily News

National poetry event slams into West Palm Beach
TCPalm

ArtsBuzz: Poets gear up for next week's national slam in West Palm
Palm Beach Artspaper

National Poetry Slam
New Times Broward-Palm Beach

Slamming the competition: The Olympics of poetry is coming to West Palm Beach
City Link Metromix, July 28, 2009

National Poetry Slam at West Palm Beach
Red Carnation Hotel Collection's Destination News, June 2009

National Poetry Slam coming to West Palm in August
SunSentinel.com blog, June 3, 2009

National poetry slam comes to West Palm
Palm Beach Post, June 3, 2009

Is Slam in Danger of Going Soft?
New York Times, June 2, 2009, interview with the creator of poetry slam, Marc Kelly Smith

ArtsBuzz: National Poetry Slam coming to West Palm in August
Palm Beach Arts Paper, May 26, 2009