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| 12 noon – 1 pm | Special Performance: Poetry & Music Presentation at the Central Presbyterian Church, 8th Street |
| 12:30-2:30pm | Actitivites TBD |
| 1-9pm | Check-in & Late Registration |
| 1-3pm | Open Mic: "Welcome Poets!" |
| 3-5pm | Open Mic: "D.P.S.-Style" (Dead Poets Society) |
| 5-6:30pm | Special Reading: "Lost Poets of AIPF" |
| 6-7pm | Registrant Buffet |
| 7-10pm | Anthology Reading & Awards |
| 9am-9pm | Late Check-in at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse |
| 10-noon | Poetry Workshops (at 4 local venues) |
| 12-1pm | Lunch Break |
| 1-3pm | City-wide Readings (at 5 local venues) |
| 4-6pm | City-wide Readings (at 5 local venues) |
| 5-7pm | Special Reading, BookWoman |
| 6-7pm | Dinner Break |
| 7-9pm | Special Reading, Westminster Manor |
| 7:30-8:30pm | Actitivites TBD |
| 8:30-9:30pm | Open-Mic: Performance Poetry (at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse) |
| 9:30-12 | AIPF Poetry Slam (at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse) |
| mid-7am | Poetry All-Nighter |
| 9am-9pm | Late Check-in at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse |
| 9-10am |
"Early Bird Open-Mic" (at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse) |
| 10-noon |
3 Poetry Workshops and one Poetry Forum (at 4 local venues) |
| 12-1pm |
Lunch Break |
| 12:30-3pm |
Youth Slam Workshop (at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse) (13-18yrs) |
| 1-3pm |
City-wide Readings (at 4 local venues) |
| 3-4pm |
Youth Slam Competition (at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse) (13-18yrs) |
| 4-6pm |
City-wide Readings (at 4 local venues) |
| 6-7pm |
Dinner Break |
| 7-8pm |
Music and Poetry at (Ruta Maya Coffeehouse) |
| 8-11pm | Special Reading: "The Big Read" (at Ruta Maya Coffeehouse) |
-All Sunday events are at Festival Headquarters (Ruta Maya Coffeehouse)-
| 9-11am | Special Reading: Tentatively: Poetry for the Spirit |
| 11-12:30pm | "Last Chance Open-Mic" |
| 1-4pm | Youth Anthology Showcase & Awards |
Attention Poets: Regular online REGISTRATION and anthology SUBMISSION is open. Click here to register. Once regular registration closes, you may complete a late registration through the FIRST DAY of the festival, Thursday, April 15th. Late registering poets may participate in readings, slams and workshops, but will be unable to submit poems for the anthology, or have their short bios added to the program.
2010 Anthology Editors
Deborah Akers (Youth) & Barbara Youngblood Carr (Adult)
Our poetry slam IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR Friday, April 16th at Ruta Maya starting at 9:30pm. PLEASE CHECK BACK CLOSER TO THE FESTIVAL DATE. Cash prizes will be awarded. If you are a registered poet and would like to slam, please email aipfdirector@gmail.com.
About slam: Slam is a competitive event where each poet has three minutes to perform a poem of their own creation with no props, no musical accompaniment- only the sound one can make with their own body. Points are deducted if the poets goes over three minutes. Each poem is scored Olympic style 0.0 to 10.0 by five judges chosen randomly from the audience. These judges may have never heard a poem read aloud before, or they may have been writing poetry for years. Slam is about the idea that everyone's opinion about a poem is valid. The job of the judges is to score the points based on their own opinion. The audience's job is to try and influence the judges. The Slam is held in three rounds and the person with the highest score in the last round is the winner.
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