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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam presents Jeanann Verlee and WOWPS Qualifier #1
DESCRIPTION:  \nUnion Square Slam kicks off its SLAM series with our very first Women of the World World Poetry Slam Qualifer\, featuring none other than our very own punk rock goddess of grace\, JEANANN VERLEE!!! \n(note the new format: USS has opted to do either a poetry slam or an open mic each week\, not both. This week\, only people who have been assigned female at birth or are otherwise living their lives as women are eligible to slam) \n6pm-7:30pm: FREE Writing workshop with I.S. Jones\n7pm-8pm: sign ups and socialize \nShow starts at 8pm: \nSLAM: Round One (2 min round)\nFEATURE: Jeanann Verlee\n(brief intermission)\nSLAM: Round Two (1 minute round)\nSLAM: Round Three (4 minute round) \nAll Ages // $5 // Wheelchair Accessible \nAbout our Feature: \nJeanann Verlee is author of two books\, Said the Manic to the Muse and Racing Hummingbirds\, which earned the Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medal for poetry. She has also been awarded the Third Coast Poetry Prize and the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry. Her work appears in Adroit\, Rattle\, The Journal\, and BuzzFeed Reader\, among others. Verlee served as poetry editor for Union Station Magazine\, For Some Time Now\, and Winter Tangerine Review: Fragments of Persephone\, as well as a number of individual collections. She is former director of the Urbana Poetry Slam reading series where she served as writing and performance coach\, and she performs and facilitates workshops at schools\, theatres\, libraries\, bookstores\, and dive bars across North America. Verlee wears polka dots and kisses Rottweilers. She believes in you. Find her at jeanannverlee.com. \nAbout our Poetry Slam: \nWOWPS is: \na) an acronym for Women of the World World Poetry Slam\nb) one of three national poetry slam events put on annually by Poetry Slam\, Inc.\nc) held in Dallas\, TX from March 15-18th\, 2017 \nUnion Square Slam WOWPS Qualifier rules: \nQualified competitors are poets who are female assigned or identified individuals who are 18+. This includes gender non-conforming individuals. \n8 poets\, 3 rounds. Cumulative Scores. \n2 min (all) \n1 min (all) \n4 min (top 5) \ncumulative score wins the slam \nTop three winners of each Qualifier are in Finals (December 13th). Finals will be 4 ROUNDS — all cumulative!!! \nOur WOWPS Qualifier dates are as follows: \nSeptember 6th\nNovember 1st\nNovember 22nd\nDecember 13th: FINALS \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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