VANCOUVER POETRY HOUSE SOCIETY

Guarantees entry to the Van Slam FINALS feat. Neko Smart. Please note: there will be no open mic at this event.

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Come find out who will take the title of 2025 Vancouver Poetry Slam Champion and rep Vancouver at the <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-round--1" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">Canadian Individual Poetry Slam</a>!! After two intense qualifying slams in March, the top 8 poets compete in a 3-round poetry slam to settle it all. The finalists - Aleda Kasey, Brittney Smaila, Celine, Ian Khoo, Ivanna Samuel, Jay, Jules, and Marlo Browne - will all perform 3-minute and 1-minute poems. The top four highest-scoring poets will move on to a final, winner-take-all round to determine the 2025 champion and CIPS rep! But that's not all, as we'll also enjoy a set of poetry from two-time Van Slam champion Neko Smart! Monday, April 7th, at <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/iG2SNRQ2ew7ueRD47" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit" target="_blank">Shamshiri Caveman (139 Keefer St)</a>.Doors: 7:00 PM  |  Show: 8:00 PM$8 Advance  |  $10-$15 sliding scale at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)To register to attend ONLINE, go <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/online-van-slam-finals-feat-neko-smart" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">here</a>. This event will have NO open mic.  IMPORTANT: Zeffy provides services at zero cost to non-profits like ours. To make this possible, the platform adds an automatic 15% donation at check out. If you can support them, we hope you will, but understand not everyone can. 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As 2020 Victoria City Youth Poet Laureate, they emphasised the importance of cultivating open dialogue about mental health in order to reduce stigma and increase safety, particularly for youth. They carry this value with them in all their artistic and leadership endeavours: as a member of the organising committee for the 2020/2021 Victorious Voices youth arts festival, as a member of the Wordplay poetry workshop facilitation roster, and as former slam coordinator for the UBC Slam Poetry Club. They were a finalist in the 2023 and 2024 Canadian Individual Poetry Slams as the Vancouver rep.<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 25px;line-height:1.5;font-size:18px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);font-family:Vollkorn, serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1743447257/wysiwyg/vql7wgjny4skygiof0r4.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;max-width:100%;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit" />

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Come find out who will take the title of 2025 Vancouver Poetry Slam Champion and rep Vancouver at the <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/canadian-individual-poetry-slam-round--1">Canadian Individual Poetry Slam</a>!! After two intense qualifying slams in March, the top 8 poets compete in a 3-round poetry slam to settle it all. The finalists - Aleda Kasey, Brittney Smaila, Celine, Ian Khoo, Ivanna Samuel, Jay, Jules, and Marlo Browne - will all perform 3-minute and 1-minute poems. The top four highest-scoring poets will move on to a final, winner-take-all round to determine the 2025 champion and CIPS rep! But that's not all, as we'll also enjoy a set of poetry from two-time Van Slam champion Neko Smart! Monday, April 7th, at <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/iG2SNRQ2ew7ueRD47" target="_blank">Shamshiri Caveman (139 Keefer St)</a>.Doors: 7:00 PM  |  Show: 8:00 PM$8 Advance  |  $10-$15 sliding scale at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)To register to attend ONLINE, go <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/online-van-slam-finals-feat-neko-smart">here</a>. This event will have NO open mic.  IMPORTANT: Zeffy provides services at zero cost to non-profits like ours. To make this possible, the platform adds an automatic 15% donation at check out. If you can support them, we hope you will, but understand not everyone can. To remove this expense, use the drop down menu to change to "Other" and enter "0." ABOUT OUR FEATURE:<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 25px;line-height:1.5;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">Neko Smart is a recent graduate of UBC’s BFA Creative Writing program. As 2020 Victoria City Youth Poet Laureate, they emphasised the importance of cultivating open dialogue about mental health in order to reduce stigma and increase safety, particularly for youth. They carry this value with them in all their artistic and leadership endeavours: as a member of the organising committee for the 2020/2021 Victorious Voices youth arts festival, as a member of the Wordplay poetry workshop facilitation roster, and as former slam coordinator for the UBC Slam Poetry Club. They were a finalist in the 2023 and 2024 Canadian Individual Poetry Slams as the Vancouver rep.<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 25px;line-height:1.5;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1743447257/wysiwyg/vql7wgjny4skygiof0r4.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />

VANCOUVER POETRY HOUSE SOCIETY

Van Slam FINALS feat. Neko Smart

139 Keefer St

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