You will find the information for your online Convention Hotel reservation link below. If you have questions or need help with the link, please do not hesitate to ask. Booking your room does not include registration or meals. You must register for those seperately below.
**SLAM competitors - you are not registered until you get the confirmation email.**
NFSPS Annual Convention Jun 2023
Start Date: June 21, 2023 End Date: June 26, 2023 Last Day to Book: Wednesday, May 31, 2023
West Des Moines Marriott $149 per night (before taxes and fees)
This option, (not for SLAM Competitors) is $245. This allows for full access to all events, presentations, awards, open mics, meals, and all other NFSPS 2023 convention activities, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, JUNE 21-26, 2023
Registrants also get a copy of the 2022 Encore. This does not include hotel rooms.
IF YOU PURCHASE THIS OPTION YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE INDIVIDUAL DAY or MEAL PASSES - THEY ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE.
STAGE & PAGE:PANEL DISCUSSION How to conduct a slam competition
4:00
Break
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cash Bar
5:30 - 6:30 pm
OPENING Dinner MEET THE POETS—Pagers & Stagers ICEBREAKER
Convention Madness Winners
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
STAGE: Blackberry Peach Poetry Slam ROUND TWO
10:00 pm
Open Mic Poetry Reading
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2023
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Open Mic Poetry Reading
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 pm
Book Room Open
8:30 am - 10:30 am
NFSPS Inc Contest Awards
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am - 11:45 am
PAGE: Jennifer L. Knox Strange Times for Rhymes: Writing Poetry After the Pandemic
12:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Luncheon - Poem by Invocation Contest winner Barbara Stevens Manuscript Award
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Break
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
NFSPS Inc Contest Awards
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 pm - 5:00 pm
PAGE & STAGE: IOWA SHOWCASE Co-Emcees Paul Rudolph and Dawn Terpstra
Panel members Jennifer Knox (Page poet) Ralph Savarese and DJ Savarese Paul Brooke (Page poet) Linda Brown (Stage and Page poet) Hannah/Charlie Hall (Stage poet) Ray Young Bear & 3 Meskwaki dancers (Stage poet)