Southwest Shootout 2014: Roulette Slam with Write About Now

DiverseWorks and Houston VIP Poetry Slam present the Southwest Shootout 2014, June 13 & 14.  The Southwest Shootout is a regional poetry slam tournament and showcase with artists representing the greater Southwest United States.

Featuring teams from Albuquerque Poetry Slam, Red Dirt Poetry Slam (Oklahoma City, OK), Meta-four Houston, Eclectic Truth (Baton Rouge, LA), Austin Neo-Soul, Backup Plan (Baton Rouge, LA), Austin Poetry Slam (Austin, TX), UrbSLAM (St. Louis, MO), Laredo Border Slam, Dallas Poetry Slam, Team Gravy Poetry Slam (Killeen, TX), The Blah Blah Blah Poetry Spot (San Antonio, TX), The Lafayette National Poetry Slam Team, Mic Check (Bryan, TX), Slamarillo (Amarillo, TX), Slam New Orleans, and Houston VIP Slam.

Friday, June 13, 3pm
Roulette Slam with Write About Now

Join Write About Now as they host a slam that will challenge your repertoire or your ability to think fast. Spin the wheel to get your topic. Don’t have any poems about that topic? Freestyle!

Watch as poets combine stretch their poetic muscle in a lesson in improv.

This poem is open to the public to compete.

Write About Now presents a weekly poetry event, whether a slam, an open mic, or an MC battle. Like them on Facebook! Check them out, Wednesdays 8pm @ AvantGarden (411 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX).

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/1398600123723342/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/houstonvipslam

This project is funded by a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.