Convention Registration -Does not include meals or hotel. This option includes entrance to all events and a 2022 Encore.
Convention Registration -Does not include meals or hotel. This option includes entrance to all events and a 2022 Encore.
This is the registration site for SLAM competitors: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-blackberrypeach-national-slam-poetry-competition-registration-tickets-520223361077
You are not fully registered until you get a confirmation email. This registration does not include meals or hotel rooms.
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.
This is the ZOOM only option. No open mics or SLAM will be shared except Finals. Registrants will receive a 2022 Encore.
This package is an easy way to purchase all dinners- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Dinners only.
This package is for all meals. Thursday Dinner, Friday Lunch and Dinner, Saturday Lunch and Dinner, Sunday Lunch and Dinner.
Dinner Thursday
Friday Dinner
NFSPS, Inc
Catch Poetry: Stage and Page
June 21 - June 26, 2023
West Des Moines, Iowa
Draft Schedule
WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 | 12:00pm -4:00 pm | Optional Tour |
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Registration table opens | |
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Book Room Opens (set up only) | |
4:00 | Slam Orientation | |
4:30 pm | Dinner on your own | |
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm | Cash Bar | |
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm | STAGE Blackberry Peach Poetry Slam ROUND ONE |
THURSDAY, June 22, 2023 | 9:30 am – 5:00 pm | Registration table opens Rotunda |
9:30 am – 12:00 pm | Book Room (set up only, no sales) | |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NFSPS Inc Board Meeting | |
12:30 pm | Lunch on your own | |
1:00- 4:00 pm | Book Room opens for sale of books | |
1:30 – 4:00 pm | PAGE & STAGE: IOWA SHOWCASE | |
4:00 | Break | |
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Cash Bar | |
5:30 - 6:30 pm
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OPENING Dinner MEET THE POETS—Pagers & Stagers ICEBREAKER Convention Madness Winners |
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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: Debra Marquart Eco Poetry/ Ekphrastic Poetry | |
12:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Luncheon - Poem by Invocation Contest winner Barbara Stevens Manuscript Award |
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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 |
STAGE & PAGE: PANEL DISCUSSION Slam Poetry Kevin Campbell Moderating |
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5:00 pm - 5:45 pm | Autograph signing at book room for Speakers | |
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm | Cash Bar | |
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Dinner - Poem by Invocation Contest winner | |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | 1st Keynote SPEAKER (Iowa ) Donika Kelly/Akwi Nji/ Ray Youngbear | |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Break | |
8:45 pm - 10:00 pm | Open Mic Poetry Reading |
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2023 | 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Open Mic poetry reading |
9:00 am - 5:30 pm | Book Room Open | |
8:30 am - 5:00 pm | Registration Open | |
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) | |
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 | STAGE & PAGE: DRAMATIC PRESENTATION OF YOUR POETRY WORKSHOP | |
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | NFSPS Inc Contest Awards | |
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm | Cash Bar | |
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Dinner - Poem by invocation contest winner CUP winners |
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7:00 pm – 11:00 pm | STAGE: Blackberry Peach Poetry Slam ROUND THREE: FINALS |
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10:00? pm | Open Mic Poetry Reading |
SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2023 | 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 | PAGE & STAGE: PANEL DISCUSSION | |
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 | Thomas Sayers Ellis, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, WORKSHOP | |
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Autograph signing for Thomas Sayers Ellis | |
4:00 to 5:00 | Book Room-pick up all books (no sales) | |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Cash Bar | |
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Dinner - Poem by Invocation Contest winner | |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Thomas Sayers Ellis, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, ADDRESS | |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Break | |
8:45 pm to finish | NFSPS Inc Contest Awards | |
10:00? pm | Open Mic Poetry Reading |
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2023 | 9:00 am - noon | Optional Tour |