
Time: March 18, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Street: 126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012
City/Town: New York
Website or Map: http://wwhttp://www.themoth.o…
Event Type: creative
Organized By: The Moth
Latest Activity: Mar 16, 2010
Thinking at least one of the stories will be eco-centric take on the theme: Green!
How it Works:
7:00: sign up to tell a story, volunteer to be on a judging team or just sit back and listen.
7:30 (SHARP): Each teller will have 5 minutes to tell his or her tale. After each story, the judges confer, and give a score. The teller with the highest score becomes StorySLAM winner. The winner will compete with the year's other winners in our next GrandSLAM Championship.
Be Forewarned:
The Moth is for TRUE STORIES. OK, there won't be a fact-checker there, and the FBI probably won't dig into your files to verify the names and dates and places, but please know, emphatically, The Moth is not for fiction stories. The tiny fictions and lies we tell ourselves ARE part of our "true stories" but that one about you, Obama, Ghandi and Einstein up in a spaceship eating brownies... not so much.
The Moth is NOT a venue for readings; it is a venue for tellings. No notes, papers, or cheat sheets allowed. Contestants are judged on sticking to the five-minute time frame, sticking to the theme and having a story that sticks -- one that has a conflict and a resolution.
10 stories, 3 teams of judges, 1 winner.
$7 at the door.
This event always sells out. Limited seating, arrive early!
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