This option, for $338 allows for full access to all events, meals, presentations, awards, open mics, and all other NFSPS 2024 convention activities; Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, JUNE 5-10, 2024 This is not SLAM participant registration. Registrants also get a copy of the 2023 Encore. Please notify us of any food allergies in the notes section when checking out. If you are purchasing more than one event pass, let us know the names of individuals in the notes section as well. IF YOU PURCHASE THIS OPTION YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE INDIVIDUAL DAY PASSES - THEY ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE.
NFSPS Convention: Voices Set Free!
This registration is for the 2024 BlackBerry Peach National Poetry Slam competition only. It includes a year's dues to the NFSPS state poetry society of your choice. If you are a state poetry society or long-running poetry venue, this registration also includes a free berth for a youth poet. Please contact Noirjente for more information on the slam competition and the Youth Mini-Festival. This does not include hotel rooms or meals. Please register for meals separately and reserve your room in the convention hotel using the link above. You are not fully registered for the competition until you receive an email from Noirjente confirming your registration.
This includes Wednesday Pizza Party, Thursday Taco Bar and dinner, Friday lunch and dinner, Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday lunch and dinner. ALL meals. If you bought the full pass, you do not need to buy this. Please notify us of any food allergies in the notes section when checking out.
This option ONLY purchases a ONE DAY PASS, which is FRIDAY. This option does not include any other items, e.g. Encore, meals, etc.
This option ONLY purchases a ONE DAY PASS, which is SATURDAY. This option does not include any other items, e.g. Encore, Meals, etc.
This option ONLY purchases a ONE DAY PASS, which is SUNDAY. This option does not include any other items, e.g. Encore, etc.
This is Friday Lunch. Please notify us of any food allergies in the notes section when checking out.
When this meal is complete, LadyVee DaPoet will deliver the Friday Keynote Address titled "The Power of Poetry to Change Minds & Change Lives" Meal purchase does not include the keynote. Please register using either the day pass link or the full pass link. Please notify us of any food allergies in the notes section when checking out.
When this meal is complete, Tamika Harper will deliver the Sunday Keynote Address Meal purchase does not include the keynote. Please register using either the day pass link or the full pass link. Please notify us of any food allergies in the notes section when checking out.
NFSPS, Inc
Voices Set Free
June 5 - June 10, 2024
Roswell, Georgia
Draft Schedule
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 | ||
9:00 am – 3:00 pm | Registration table opens | |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Open Mic Poetry Reading First hour no more than 3 minute poem. Second half hour, longer poems allowed. (no essays, readings of non-poetry) |
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12:00 pm | Lunch on your own | |
10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Book Room Opens (set up only) | |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Slam Orientation | |
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Writing Workshop: Poetry and Tango | |
5:30 pm | Pizza Party! | |
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm | Reception Cash Bar | |
6:30 pm – 11:00 pm | Blackberry Peach Poetry Slam ROUND ONE |
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | NFSPS Inc Board Meeting |
9:30 am – 5:00 pm | Registration table opens Rotunda | |
9:30 am – 12:00 pm | Book Room (set up only, no sales) | |
10:00 am - 12:00 pm | You Be the Judge Open Mic | |
12:30 pm | Taco Party! | |
1:00- 4:00 pm | Book Room opens for sale of books | |
1:30 – 4:00 pm |
PANEL DISCUSSION |
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4:00 | Break | |
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Reception Cash Bar | |
5:00 - 6:15 pm
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OPENING Dinner Convention Madness Winners read at 6 pm |
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6:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Blackberry Peach Poetry Slam ROUND TWO | |
11:00 pm - 12:00 am | Open Mic Poetry Reading First half hour no more than 3 minute poem. Second half hour, longer poems allowed. (no essays, readings of non-poetry) |
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2024 | 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Open Mic Poetry Reading Welcome: Barbara Barry-Nishanian President GPS |
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9:00 a.m. - 5:30 pm | Book Room Open | |
8:30 am - 11:00 am | NFSPS Inc Contest Awards | |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Youth Poetry Workshop | |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Break | |
11:15 am – 12:15 pm |
Youth Poetry Workshop Dhayana Alejandrina The Collaborative Story Building |
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11:00 am - 11:45 am |
Workshop for Adults John Hinton Turning the Tangible into the Intangible |
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12:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Luncheon - Poem by Invocation Contest winner Barbara Stevens Manuscript Award @ 1:15 pm |
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1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Fun activity/fellowship for Youth Festival | |
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Break for adults | |
2:30 pm - 4:15 pm | NFSPS Inc Contest Awards | |
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm | Youth Poetry Workshop | |
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Break | |
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm | Youth Poetry Slam and open mic | |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Reception Cash Bar | |
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Dinner - ANNOUNCEMENT OF ADULT SLAM FINALISTS Poem by invocation contest winner Poem by youth slam winner |
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7:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
Georgia Keynote Speaker LadyVee DaPoet The Power of Poetry to Change Minds & Change Lives |
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8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Break | |
8:45 pm - 10:00 pm | Open Mic Poetry Reading First half hour no more than 3 minute poem. Second half hour, longer poems allowed. (no essays, readings of non-poetry) |
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10:00 pm - 12:00 pm | NU PIC (slam event-all are welcome!) |
Georgia Poetry Society Showcase Day | ||
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2024 | 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Open Mic poetry reading First half hour no more than 3 minute poem. Second half hour, longer poems allowed. (no essays, readings of non-poetry) |
9:00 am - 5:30 pm | Book Room Open | |
8:30 am - 5:00 pm | Registration Open in Bookroom | |
8:30 am - 9:30 am | State President’s meeting | |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Break | |
9:45 am - 12:00 pm | Plenary Session (elections, reports, delegate votes) | |
9:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Slam Performance Workshop for those not attending Plenary | |
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm | Luncheon - Poem by Invocation Contest winner Manningham Winners |
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12:45 pm - 1:00 pm | Break | |
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
Georgia State Showcase 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Anthony and Jill Cordova Poetry and Social Justice 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Sheema Kalbasi Seven Valleys of Love 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Barbara Nishanian Georgia Poetry Society |
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3:30 pm – 5:30 pm | NFSPS Inc Contest Awards | |
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm |
Autograph signing at book room for Speakers | |
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Reception Cash Bar | |
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Dinner - Poem by invocation contest winner Youth slam winner reader CUP winners |
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6:30 pm – 11:00 pm | Blackberry Peach Poetry Slam ROUND THREE: FINALS |
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Begins after the Slam Finals (approximately 11:00 pm ) |
Open Mic Poetry Reading First half hour no more than 3 minute poem. Second half hour, longer poems allowed. (no essays, readings of non-poetry) |
SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2024 | 8:00 am - 9:00 a.m. | Open Mic Poetry Reading |
9:30 am - 2:15 pm | BOOK ROOM OPEN | |
9:30 am - 11:45 am |
Ihor Pavlyuk Writing Poetry Under Fire |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Luncheon - Poem by Invocation Contest winner Blackberry Peach Performance Poetry Winners |
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2:00 pm- 2:15 pm | Break | |
2:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Workshop by Keynote Tamika Harper | |
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Autograph signing for keynote | |
4:15 to 5:00 | Book Room-pick up all books (no sales) | |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Reception Cash Bar | |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Gala Dinner for all! Dress up in your finest! - Poem by Invocation Contest winner |
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7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Keynote Address Tamika Harper | |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Break | |
8:45 pm to finish | NFSPS Inc Contest Awards | |
Begins after Contest Awards 10:00 pm |
Open Mic Poetry Reading First half hour no more than 3 minute poem. Second half hour, longer poems allowed. (no essays, readings of non-poetry) |
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2024 Optional tour please email admin@nfsps.net if you are interested in a tour of the Roswell area. We need 40 interested people. There will be a fee. |