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At this week's 2011 individual World Poetry Slam Oct. 12-15 in Cleveland, Ohio, 2011 City/Youth/UNM Champ OLIVIA GATWOOD and three-time former city champ DAMIEN FLORES represented ABQ and the 505 very well. Olivia finished 21st out of over 70 poets and was in the top 15 after the first night of competition. Damien finished just a few spots below Olivia, taking 24th place. Congrats to both our slam reps for showing such great writing and performance skills at iWPS 2011!

Back here in the 505, qualifying for the 2011 ABQ WOW Women's Poetry Slam Championship and the 2012 ABQ Slam Team is continuing our three Fall poetry slams -- MASPoetry, Final Friday and our newest qualifier, Smokin' Slam in Rio Rancho!

Smokin' Slam is curated by local slamanatrix Katrina Guarasico and happens every third Thursday of the month at Smokehouse BBQ at 4000 Barbara Loop SE in Rio Rancho.

Tickets to the 2011 ABQ WOW Women's Poetry Slam Championship at the Outpost Performance Space on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 pm are available in advance, by phone or in person, at the Outpost at 211 Yale SE or by calling 505-268-0044

Remember, you can follow the qualifying for both ABQ WOW and the 2012 Slam Team on our Slam Standings page.

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