Virtual Festival Announcement 2021
Statement from the President regarding the 2021 Southern Fried Poetry Festival.
Virtual Events for February 2021
For February, we are celebrating Valentine’s Day with a special virtual event called Couplets on February 14. Throughout the month, we will be launching our My Black Is Poetic campaign which is a set of video performances from poets of the SoFried Poetry community...
Check Out Our Revamped Website!
We are excited to invite you to our revamped website portal for all things Southern Fried Poetry! Click the link below to learn more...
Q1 Southern Fried Community Town Hall Meeting Minutes
January 17, 2021 Meeting started at 2:05 pm EST Attendees: Board of Directors in Attendance: Cuban Lady S Sarah Timmons Eddie V Dorian Zach Executive Board in Attendance: Sarita Shadow Henzbo Community Members in Attendance: 33 AGENDA: Welcome from President Sarita and Introduction of Meeting Moderator and Co-Vice President, Cuban Shared personal SF experience and what SF means to her Goal of new leadership is to provide more of...
Virtual Events for January 2021
Greetings to you and to all of our SoFried slamily!
For us, 2021 is all about growth and evolution. In past years, we only had the chance to meet a few days out of the year during our annual festival and competition in June. Starting in 2021, we want to see you more. It is our hope that you, your team, and your city's poetry scene will join us and get in the mix with your SoFried Family. Please see below and, as always, you can reach us at info@southernfriedpoetryslam.com with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Dorian "Paul D" Rogers
Secretary
Southern Fried Poetry, Inc.
Feature Poet – Ashlee Haze
Ashlee Haze, Poet & Spoken Word Artist wins the SoFriedPoetry Haiku Contest and becomes the first Feature poet of 2021...
MEANS OF CONVEYANCE: SPOKEN WORD PEDAGOGY, HIP HOP LITERACIES, AND THE CHALLENGES OF FOSTERING POETRY SPACES
A dissertation by Dr. Adam D. Henze. Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Education, Indiana University May 2020. View in Google Drive. ADH-Diss-Master-v.5.docx
The Passing of the Baton…
Hello Slamily, Southern Fried Poetry is changing, growing- evolving. Part of that evolution is bringing in new leadership. This allows the energy at the helm to remain fresh and invigorated to this work. At our first virtual Slammmaster’s Meeting on July 7, 2020, 6 new members were voted on to the Board of Directors. We give thanks to those who have sacrificed in previous years to get us to this place: Akin “Shadow” Sawyerr, Dr....