D.F.A.P.: The Anti-Valentine's Slam

Contact: inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com

DON’T FUCK A POET
The Anti-Valentine’s Slam

presented by Inky Fingers
with Harlequinade
of the Chemical Poets

Calling all the lovelorn, cynical, and still-illusioned! Calling all those without a date for the night, or who want to bring their dates to the hottest, steamiest, nastiest live-lit event in town! Calling worldly wordly competitors and the audience for whose pleasure they will be performing! Calling one and all to DON’T FUCK A POET: The Anti-Valentine’s Slam, presented by Inky Fingers.

We’re calling for 16 brave writers and performers to sign up to compete for a tasty grand prize and the admiration of all. The victor will be eligible for the Scottish Slam Final in Glasgow on 4th March, where they’ll be competing for a £200 cash prize! You can perform anything artful into that mic – stories, poetry, rap, experimental vocalisations – as long as it’s within the time limit and you’re prepared to face the audience judges. The only rule is: no love poetry.

But that’s not all. The audience won’t just be participating in and judging this mock-gladiatorial competition: you’ll be able to buy exclusive D.F.A.P. merchandise, contribute to our fabulous Wall of Love and Hate, and — who knows — maybe find a poet to go home with.

Entry will be by donation, with all funds going towards paying running costs for future Inky Fingers events. That’s for wider publicity, travel expenses for performers from further afield, future venue costs and, potentially, a very special publication later in the year: so come along not just to have a good time but to be part of making Inky Fingers the biggest and best event series for word-lovers around.

Come on down to the City Café for 8pm on Valentine’s Night, and be prepared to have, pace Charlie Dickens, only the best of times.

(Credit for the name of the event goes, of course, to Edinburgh-based writer, blogger and Inky Fingers friend Claire Askew of One Night Stanzas)

Full details on our website (http://inkyfingers.wordpress.com); e-mail inkyfingersedinburgh@gmail.com to sign up to compete; find us on Facebook and on Twitter @InkyFingersEdin.

Entry: Entry by donation (sug. £3/£4)

Time: 8:00pm