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Chelmsford's Intergenerational Poetry Slams

Poet  Chelmsford’s 29th Intergenerational Poetry Slam

  Friday, April 26, 2013   at the Chelmsford Library

OUR WINNERS WERE:

First Place: Lily Robinson for "No Poem"

Second Place: Cassidy Boucher for "Fairy Tale"

Third Place: Emma and Sophia Owens for "I Can Fly"

Honorable Mentions:
Tom Ryan for "Justice Louis Brandeis" and
Leslie Koresky for "Procrastination"

Thank you to the Chelmsford Cultural Council for funding prizes for our top 3 winners!

Click here for a list of books on poetry and poetry books.

Poetry News:

Jack McCarthy's passing January 17, 2013

Mass Poetry Festival - http://masspoetry.org/

 

 

 

A Word on our (gentle) Poetry Slams...

Chelmsford's Slam is a gentle Slam. At some Poetry Slams in city bars and on college campuses judges signal their votes "Olympic style" after each reading. Our Slams are less intimidating; voting takes place quietly via a ballot box. Think of it as a Slam customized for the suburbs.

We have poets of all ages. Our youngest poet was about 5; our oldest poet spent the evening of her 90th birthday at one of our Slams! The rest fall in between giving us a rich variety of perspectives of the human condition.

Audience members vote by filling out ballots with the names of their three most favorite poems or poets (we print up programs listing our poets so you can keep track of who's who). The ballots are dropped into a ballot box at the end of the evening; the votes are tallied up usually by the following day.

We announce the winners on the Library's web page(see below for lists of winners) and in the local press. You can call the Library for a list of the winners too.

For more information or to add your name to our mailing list to be notified of future slams call 978-256-5521, ext. 109, or e-mail the Library's Community Services Department at kcryanhic@mvlc.org.

The Winners

Winners of our 28th Slam -April 2012

Winners of our 27th Slam -April 2011

Winners of our 26th Slam -April 2010

Winners of our 25th Slam - April 2009

Winners of our 24th Slam - April 2008

Winners of our 23rd Slam - April 2007

Winners of our 22nd Slam - April 21, 2006

Winners of our 21st Slam - April 2005

Winners of our 20th Slam - Oct. 2004

Winners of our 19th Slam -April 2004

Winners of our 18th Slam -Oct. 2003

Winners of our 17th Slam - April 2003

Winners of our 16th Poetry Slam - October 2002

Winners of our 15th Poetry Slam - April 2002

Winners from our 14th Slam - October 2001

Winners from our 13th Poetry Slam - April 2001

Winners from our 12th Poetry Slam - October 2000

Winners from our 11th Poetry Slam - April 2000

 

Have you seen our books of poetry?

The Chelmsford Public Library and the Friends of the Library have published nine books of poetry from our Slams. Our poets receive a complimentary copy of the book(s) in which their poem(s) appear. These books may be purchased at the main library and at the MacKay Library for $3.00/booklet.

We also have copies for sale at each of our Poetry Slams. Special thanks to editors Simone Beaubien and Fred Gerhard, who have made these books of poetry possible!

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