Our first ever Open Mic Contest was a great success. We had nine comepetitors vying for two prizes:
- Best Reading a Cover Poem
- Best Original Piece
Our judges were:
- Nancy Bullis of CIUT’s HOWL
- Jim Johnstone, Co-editor & Publisher of Misunderstandings Magazine
- Dane Swan, founder & host of the $100 Slam
Our Contestants:
- Sean Keith
- Shawn McLeod
- Ryan Bird
- Clara Blackwood
- Mike Lipsius
- Damir
- Talia Zajac
- Dorothy Sjöholm
- Rob Welch
Our Winners:
- Best Reading a Cover Poem: Sean Keith for his reading of Amiri Baraka’s “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note”
- Best Original Piece: Clara Blackwood for her poem “Doppelgänger” from Subway Medusa (Guernica Editions 2007)
Congratulations to Sean & Clara!
& Grateful thanks to our judges!
