2012 San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival: 2012 SGVPF Slam

28.4.12

2012 SGVPF Slam

Sean Hill (2nd Place - $20 prize)

E. R. Sanchez (4th Place - $20 prize)

Carlyn Blount (1st Place - $25 Best Buy Cash Card)

Michelle Smith (6th Place - $10 prize)

Lisa Verlo (3rd Place - $20 prize)

K. Tichenell (8th place - $5 prize)

Aldonia Bailey (5th Place - Sean Hill CD)

Karen Audioun Klingman (7th Place - $5 prize)

Everyone's a winner!

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Festival Kickoff Reading/Drawing

$50 in cash, $50 in Vromans Bookstore cash cards, copies of the latest Poetry magazine, and festival tee shirts were given away to those who read a poem of their own creation on Saturday, April 7th between 3 and 5pm inside the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd.

Here is the list of those who read at the festival kickoff:

1. Paul Manchester
2. Michelle Bonfils
3. Rosalee Thompson
4. Maria Arana
5. Erika Wilk
6. Sean Hill
7. K. Titchenell
8. Lalo Kikiriki
9. CaLokie
10. Lindy Hill
11. Michael J. Cluff
12. Denise Walsh
13. Joe Lusnia
14. Karen Klingman
15. David Bortin
16. Julie Larson
17. Alessander

Broadside Contest

Michael Gonzalez won $50 in cash and $50 in publishing (50 broadsides) having entered a poem of no more than 212 words. All entrants who attended (see left column for pics) were given the opportunity to read their entered poem between 3 and 5pm on Saturday, April 14th inside the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasdena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd.

Entrants:

1. Anita Schiffman Holzberg
2. Ellaraine Lockie
3. Lynne Bronstein
4. Stephen Colley
5. Gary Imperial
6. Michael J. Cluff
7. Paul Manchester
8. CaLokie
9. Uriel Tovar
10. Joe Lusnia
11. Alessander
12. Michael Gonzalez
13. Julie Larson
14. Sean Hill

Chapbook Competition

Robert Wilson won $100 in cash and $100 in publishing (50 chapbooks) having produced a chapbook of 10 poems totalling no more than 2012 words. The winner was announced at 2:10pm on Saturday, April 21st inside the Altadena Senior Center on 560 E. Mariposa St. as part of the Poetry & Cookies anthology publishing event hosted by Pauline Dutton. All entrants present received a copy of the winning chapbook, and may have their own chapbook printed as well for half price.

Entrants:

1. Linda Marie Hilton
2. Jeffry Jensen
3. Anita Schiffman Holzberg
4. Maria Arana
5. Rosalee Thompson
6. Stephen Colley
7. Robert Wilson
8. Lalo Kikiriki
9. Michael Gonzalez
10. Lori Wall-Holloway
11. Linda Zoeller
12. Joseph Lusnia
13. Lisa Verlo

Poetry Slam

Carlyn Blount won 1st prize (a $25 Best Buy Cash Card) and the remaining competitors split $80 in cash by performing one of their poems (of no more than 5 minutes in length) on Saturday, April 28th between 3 and 5pm in the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd. Each participant was also offered a 2012 SGVPF tee shirt for their trouble.

Here is the order the participants performed in (see photos of them and the breakdown of their prizes awarded in the left column of this website):

1. Sean Hill
2. E. R. Sanchez
3. Carlyn Blount
4. Michelle Smith
5. Lisa Verlo
6. K. Titchenell
7. Aldonia Bailey
8. Karen Audioun Klingman