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PIANO SLAM 5 COMPETITION
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Submit a poem and WIN CASH & PRIZES!

  • 15 Finalist Prizes
    $100 & the Opportunity to Perform your work on Thursday May 2, 2013 at the Adrienne Arsht Center
  • Best poem – middle school
    $500, a Laptop Computer & the Opportunity to Perform your work on Thursday May 2, 2013 at the Adrienne Arsht Center
  • Best poem – high school
    $500, a Laptop Computer & the Opportunity to Perform your work on Thursday May 2, 2013 at the Adrienne Arsht Center
Now sharpen your pencils and enter your poems here:

Entry Form

Deadlines for submission:

Online Schools – April 5, 2013 Live Schools – April 5, 2013
Click here to download Schedule of Important Dates and Deadlines

Meet Piano Slam 5's Literary Chair

Tarell Alvin McCraney (born October 17, 1980) is an award-winning American playwright and actor. He is a member of Teo Castellanos/ D Projects Theater Company in Miami and in 2008 became RSC/Warwick International Playwright in Residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In April 2010, McCraney became the 43rd member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble. As an actor he has worked with directors such as Tina Landau of the Steppenwolf Theater Ensemble Chicago, IL, David Cromer and BJ Jones artistic director of the Northlight Theatre (where he co-starred in the Chicago Premiere of Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange), and began a lasting working relationship with Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Etienne of the Bouffes du Nord, Paris.