1995
Founding Contributor of Skin Deep Magazine, Middlebury College
Contributing author, Castings, Christian Brothers University
1996
Castings Poetry Prize, Christian Brothers University
Guest, Lemoyne-Owen College Poetry Society
1997
Summer School Commencement, Vilnius University
Language School, Lithuania
Contributing
Poet to The Helmsman, University of Memphis
1998
Title Author, LeMoyne-Owen College Anthology
Southeastern Poetry Slam Championships (7th Place)
1998 Memphis Poetry Slam Team (1st
Alternate)
3-time Memphis
Poetry Slam Grand Champion
1999
Poet-in Residence
Sidewalk University Booksellers, Memphis, TN
Founder, Jazz Java Poetry Jam
Co-Founder, Literary Village Poetry Society
LeMoyne-Owen College Anthology, Contributing Author
1999 Memphis Poetry Slam Team
1999 National Poetry Slam, Chicago, IL (33rd)
1999 Pride Day, Contributing Author
1999 Earth Day, Guest Performer
w/Yamagata
1999 Poet
in Residence, Tap House
Etheridge
Knight Memorial Poetry Slam, Center for Southern Folklore
Parkview Community Living Home, Overton Park
SlamMaster, Memphis Poetry Slam
Arkansas Grand Slam, Hot Springs National Park (11th)
Poetry Showcase, Memphis Black Writers
Conference
Little Rock
Kwanzaa Celebration, Arkansas State Capitol
2000
Poet-in Residence Center for
Southern Folklore
Future Builders Poetry Instructor, Bridges®, Summer
2000
2000 National Poetry Slam Team Member
2000 National Poetry Slam 2000 (26th) Individual Ranking
2000 Southeastern Southern
Fried Poetry Slam Festival Ridgeway
High School, Guest Performer, African American History Program
Arts in the Park Festival Featured Performer 2000
Sept. Grand Slam Champion and Featured Poet, Texarkana, TX
Offbeat Media Exhibit, Featured
Poet
Poetry Slam Feature-Cooper
and Young Festival, Memphis, Tennessee
Southern Fried Poetry Showcase Slam, Americus, GA
University of Tulsa, Brothers Keeper Fall Fashion Extravaganza
2001
Contributing Author, Bum Rush
the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Random House/Def Jam
Contributing Author, Burnt 2001 Memphis Poetry Slam Anthology
Earth Day 2001, Special Guest Performer w/Yamagata, The Tunnel Clones
Poetry Feature, Memphis Music and
Heritage Festival, Center for Southern Folklore
Ridgeway High School Brotherhood Program
Africa in April, Featured Poet
Society of Underground Poets Prize Fight Grand Slam Champion
SOUPFEST, Lexington Kentucky, Slam
Feature
Ozarks Poetry
Slam, Fayetteville, AR Co-feature with Nick Fox, Flagstaff, AZ
4-Time Finalist at “The Tonguelashing” Little Rock AR
Street Jeopardy Residency, H.O.P.E., Hillcrest High
School
Southwest Tennessee
Community College, Guest Lecture/Performance
Greater Memphis Arts Council Faculty, Project Soar, South Park Elementary School
GMAC Faculty Project Soar, Riverview Elementary
Facing History and Ourselves Facilitator, Project
Soar
Street Jeopardy
Residency, H.O.P.E., Westwood High School
GMAC Camp Friendship Faculty/Facilitator
Guest Performer, Arts in Education Summer Institute
Court Square, Guest Poetry Performance (David Miley, perc.)
Memphis University School, Chapel,
Poetry Guest
Memphis
University School Poetry Slam Workshop Facilitator
Kingsbury High School, H.O.P.E. Poetry/Creative Writing Facilitator
Attendee, Gwendolyn Brooks Black Writer Conference,
Chicago State University
Grand
Slam Champion South Main Arts Festival
2002
Common Grounds
Poetry Slam Feature, Fayetteville AR
Fayetteville High School Winter Literacy Rock Benefit, MC & Featured Poet
Guest Lecturer, Fayetteville High School Creative Writers)
Stealing Home Poetry Tour Summer
2002 (West Coast)
Taos
World Poetry Circus Grand Slam, 5th Place
H.O.P.E. Street Jeopardy Residency, Craigmont High School
AP English Guest Instructor/Facilitator, Ridgeway High School
Street Jeopard Residency, Ridgeway
High School
2003
Poetiq Under the Full Moon, Live at the Full Moon Club Album Release
Teaching Artist, Greater Memphis Arts Council
SlamMaster, Memphis Poetry Slam
Guest Lecturer, Palabras de Corazones World Literature
Series, Whitehaven High School
Arkansas Grand Slam Poetry Slam Finalist, 6th place, Hot Springs Arkansas
BamaSlam Grand Slam, 4th place, Birmingham,
Alabama
MC, Memphis
Music and Heritage Festival
Performing Feature Artist, Memphis Music and Heritage Festival
2004
SlamMaster, Trolleyline Poetry Slam @ Empire Coffee, Downtown Memphis
“Fragmented Sinces”
Chapbook, Amber Ring Press, Memphis, Tennessee
Finalist, Turner South My South Speaks, Memphis
Finalist, Turner South My South Speaks, Birmingham
Spa City Poetry
Slam, Grand Champion
Featured Poet, The Poet’s Loft, Hot Springs AR
“Driftwood Downriver” Featured Poet, Tenesseee Historical
Society, Hunt-Phelan Home
Featured Poet w/Freeworld at Blues City Cafe
Featured Poet w/ Yamagata
Featured Poet w/Master Blaster,
Hope Clayborne
Teaching Artist, Greater Memphis Arts Council
Guest Performance w/Nokie Taylor and Calvin Newborne, Café’
Soul
2005
Special Guest, New Year’s Eve Grammy Showcase w/Crippled Nation, Memphis, TN
Opening Night Spoken Word Feature,
The Speakeasy, Jack Robinson Gallery, Mphs, TN
House Poet, The Speakeasy, Memphis, Tennessee
MC, Tues Open Mic @The Full Moon Club, Midtown
Memphis
Spoken Word/Poetry Feature KWEST, Memphis, Tennessee
Spa City Grand Slam Champion
Runner-up, Arkansas Grand Slam Championships,
November, 2005
Winner, Audience Prize, Arkansas Grand Slam
MC, Memphis Music and Heritage Festival
Guest Artist, “AllWays Listen”
Memphis Music and Heritage Festival
Guest Performer, 2005 Hot Springs Jazz Festival
Guest Performer, Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist
Church, Orange Mound
Faculty, Lausanne Young Writers Symposium, Memphis, Tennessee
Special Guest, B.B. King’s Memphis, Tishamingo
Live w/Hope Clayborne 01.05
Special Guest Poet, Soul Scrimmage, Full Moon Club, Midtown Memphis
2006
House
Poet, The Speakeasy, Jack Robinson Gallery, Downtown Memphis, TN
“Soggy Muffuletta” Concert, Jack Robinson Gallery,
Downtown Memphis
Special Guest, Spoken & Jokin’ Hattiloo Theatre, Memphis, Tennessee
Inaugural SpokenWordfest 2006, Hattiloo Theatre,
Memphis, Tennessee
Runner-Up, 2006 Arkansas Grand Slam, The Poet’s Loft, Hot Springs. AR
Poets in the Park, *4th Place, Riverfront
Park, Little Rock Arkansas
2nd Place, Spa City Slam, Hot Springs, AR May 2006
Runner-Up, Head-to-Head Haiku Arkansas Grand
Slam, The Poet’s Loft
MC/Guest Poetry Feature Memphis Black Writers Conference & Film Festival 2006
Special Guest,
Hope Clayborne & Broken String Records Soul Scrimmage, Mphs, TN
Special Poetry/Spoken Word Guest, Yamagata, Hi-Tone,
Memphis, TN
Special Poetry/Spoken Word Guest, Freeworld, Blues City Café, Beale St. Mphs, TN
Lead Instructor/HIV Prevention
Literacy Facilitator, Project YEAH, LeBonheur
Special Guest Poetry/Spoken Word Soul Scrimmage, Full Moon, Midtown Memphis
Southern Fried
Poetry Slam, Storm Poet, Birmingham, AL 2006
Runner-Up Head-to Head Haiku Arkansas Grand Slam 2006
House Poet, Zora’s Lounge,
Hattiloo Theatre Inaugural Season
Feature Poet, The Monday Night Poet’s Café, Starbucks Southaven, MS
Spoken Word Feature, Food for
the Hungry Benefit Concert, Newby’s, (Memphis)
2007
Guest Artist Lecturer, The Return Beat Institute, Memphis Theological Seminary
Guest Faculty,
Return Beat Institute Literary Immersion,Winter 2006, MTS
1st Memphis Poet/Slammer, individual World Poetry Slam, Vancouver,
B.C.
3rd
Place, individual World Poetry Slam Head-to-Head Haiku Slam, Vancouver, B.C.
Special Guest Poet, Jam for Sudan Benefit Concert,
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Special Guest Poet, UTM, National Society of Black Social Workers History Program
Special Guest
Performer, Yamagata’s Last Show @ The Full Moon Club
Special Guest Performance, New Sardis Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis
TN
Guest
Feature w/Eric “Zork” Alan & LV, Barnes & Noble Wolfchase, Arlington, TN
Inaugural Spoken Word Feature,
The Moonflower Lounge, Full Moon Club, Midtown
Guest Poetry Instructor, Evergreen Montessori, Midtown Memphis (April)
Guest Poetry/Creative
Writing Instructor, Overton High School, Memphis, TN (April)
Poetry/Spoken Word Feature, Zora’s Lounge, Memphis, TN @ Hattiloo
Theatre
Special Poetry/Cast Guest, Blues City Cultural Foundation Play, MAHS
Featured Performer, Dada Ball II, Powerhouse
Art Gallery, Memphis, TN (May)
Summer Faculty, Blues City Cultural Foundation, “Peace in the House” Program
Poetry/Spoken Word Collaborator, “Bouncing Off,” Project Motion Dance,
Theatreworks Guest Poetry Lecturer/Writing Facilitator Camp Awareness, Hattiloo Theatre
Wednesday Night Poet’s Loft Poetry Feature,
Hot Springs, AR 07.11.07
Guest Spoken Word w/Eric Gales Band Live at the Stage Stop, (Raleigh) Memphis, TN
Guest Poetry Facilitator, Highland
Heights United Methodist Church Youth Camp
SlamMaster’s Slam-2007 National Poetry Slam,, Austin TX
2008
Lausanne Young Writers Symposium 2008 Faculty,
Memphis, TN
Sacred Sounds 2008, Memphis Theological Seminary
Florence Poetry Slam, Rivertown Coffee, Florence, AL
RhymeSpot Feature, Hhunstville,
AL
Grand Slam Champion May 2008, Melbourne, Australia
Passionate Tongues, Melbourne
Comeback Poet Honors, The Spinning
Room, Melbourne
Trolleyline Poetry Slam Memphis Slam Reunion
Sax on Sundays Live at Neil's Midtown, Memphis, TN
Freeworld, Live at Blues City
Cafe Band Box, Beale St. Memphis, TN
2008 Lausanne ArtsFest SportsFest Faculty, Memphis, TN
July Cooper Young Night Out,
Guest Performer at Global Goods w/Michael Joyner & Tamar Moten
Return Beat Feature w/ 2008-2010 MTS Artist-in-Residence
Kirk Whalum
Guest Speaker, Uptown Alliance Summer Wed. Workshop, Memphis, TN
MC 2008 Memphis Music and Heritage
Festival August 30-31 2008
Levitt Shell Concert Series Guest Appearance with Kirk Whalum 9.5.08
Live at Zora’s Lounge at
Hattiloo Theatre, October 6, 2008
Wordplay, Live at Blue Velvet Bar Melbourne, Australia
Feaured Poet, Passionate Tongues at the Brunswick
Hotel, Melbourne, AUS
Featured Poet-The Dan Poets, Melbourne, Australia
Exact Publishing Presents: The Big Read Out at Glitch Bar & Cinema North Fitzroy
Co-Feature with Ian McBryde, Yvette Stubbs, Meaghan Bell, Thomas Kent, Jessica Alice, & Joey Kurtschenko –anthology available
Grand Slam Champion, Melbourne Human Rights Arts
and Film Festival 2008 Showcase Poetry Slam at Red Violin
Northcotte Writers Festival Poetry Slam, Melbourne, Australia
Runner-up
Buddhist Temple Poetry Slam Heat, Melbourne Slam 2009
Grand
Slam Champion, Iramoo Conservation Center Heat, Melbourne Slam 2009 Grand Slam Champion, Brunswick Baptist Church Heat, Melbourne
Slam 2009
Featured Poet, The Spinning Room, Melbourne Australia
Guest Poetry Faculty, Donvale Christian College, Melbourne, Australia
Guest Poetry Faculty,
Old Orchard Primary School, Melbourne, Australia
Grand
Slam Champion Melbourne Slam 2008-2009 Season Final at Blue Velvet
2009
Teaching Artist,
Arts Memphis (7th year)
Blue Gumbo
Album ReleaseThe Dan Poets, January 9th feature,
Melbourne, AustraliaCoach/Consultant for Believer’s
Slam at Victorian Council of Churches, Melbourne, AustraliaThe Bigger Read Out at Glitch Bar & Cinema in North Fitzroy,
January 23, 2009 Melbourne, Australia (anthology release in February)
Faith Friendly Slam Runner-up (St. Micheal's)
Spoken
Word Guest w/Wooly Mammoth, Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick VIC (April)
Grand Slam Champion,
Faith Friendly Slam (Ascot Vale Uniting Church)
Poetry & Spoken Word w/Jumbledat, Retreat Hotel, Brunswick VIC
(May)
RebelSlam, Adelaide, Australia (June)
Grand Slam Champion, Blue Velvet Slam (June Heat)
Babel Slam September
11 Slam Runner-up (tie) August 2009
Grand Slam Champion, Frankston Heat (Overload Poetry Festival Qualifier)
Ringwood
Library Poetry Slam Double feature with Steve Smart (August 17)
Melbourne Writers Festival Overload Preview in the
Festival Club w/Zoe Baker
and Thom Moon 10 (formerly known as Thom the World Poet) (August 22)
Overload
Poetry Festival 2009 Grand Slam Champion
Overload Poetry Festival "Poetic Ashes" 2009 Skype Slam
Team Member
(Melbourne vs. Bristol, England live from ACMI in Federation Square)
Passionate
Tongues 10th Anniversary CD Anthology-Closing Track (Brunswick)
Overload Poetry Skype Slam Co-Skype Slam Champion
w/Michael Reynolds
Workshop Presenter with Amelia
Walker ‘ Performance Skills’ Headspace at Murray Bridge TAFE SA for FS Poets Inc. (2nd October 2009)
REBELSLAM! MC Murray Bridge TAFE SA for FS Poets Inc. (2nd
October 2009)Master Class: Performance
Skills & Slam Secrets Workshop presenter for
FS Poets at Tuxedo Cat, Adelaide SA (5th October 2009)
Guest Poet October FS Poets Meeting (6th
October 2009)
Runner-Up, Melbourne Believer's Slam Grand Final (Oct 2009)
Victoria
State Finalist, Australian National Poetry Slam (Nov 2009)
Going Down Swinging No.29 Author/Contributor ("A
Face to Touch")
Visiting Poetry Faculty, Donvale Christian College, (Nov/Dec)
Nat Chat, Channel 31, Melbourne, Australia--December 2009 (Details soon)
Call Back Co-Feature,
Spinning Room w/Maxine Clarke Dec. 2009
Melbourne/Blue Velvet Slam Grand Slam Champion 2009-2010
2010
Slammaster, Muddy Rivers Slam Brunswick
VIC 3056
Poetry/Spoken Word Special Guest, Sydney Rd. Street Party 2010 w/Jumbledat
Spoken Word Special
Guest w/Electric Empire, Sydney Road Street Party
Sydney Road Street Party MC, Cornish Arms, 163a
Sydney Road Brunswick VIC
MC Drunken Poet Reading, March 2010, Michael Reynold's Feature
(Melbourne)
MC Project 3056 Launch #1 March 2010, Bar Etiquette, Brunswick VIC
MC Project 3056 Launch
# 2 April 2010, Brunswick Bound Bookstore, VIC
MC Muddy Rivers Slam, 14 April 2010, Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick VIC
Salt on the Tongue International Poetry Festival, Goolwa, SA
APC Cafelicious SA
Cafe Poet Launch, Goolwa South Australia
Salt on the Tongue IPF Showcase Slam Finals Goolwa, SA
Lecture/Performer
"Amen to Living Skin" Salt on the Tongue IPF, SA
MC Muddy Rivers Slam May, Michael Reynolds
Feature, Brunswick VIC
Feature Poet Eltham Courthouse Readings, May 2010 Eltham,
VIC
Featured Poet, Dan O'Connell Poetry Readings, Jun 2010 Carlton, VIC
MC Muddy
Rivers Slam (Di Cousens Feature) Jun 2010, Brunswick, VIC
Special Guest Littlefoot Slam, Brunswick, VIC
The Speakeasy, Spoken Word/Poetry Feature (August) Collingwood, VIC
RMIT Opening Day Video
Poetry Co-Feature, Wheeler Centre, Melbourne CBD
FABSLAM MC, B'artiste Lounge & Cafe, Frankston, VIC
Ezra
Bix's Art Fix Co-Feature, (August) Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC
Ivanhoe Grammar School, Guest Artist/Instructor
Year 9 English, Ivanhoe, VIC
Overload v. LitUp Singapore, Tri-Nations Skype Slam Heat 1, The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne,
CBD
Overload v. StAnza, Tri-Nations Skype Slam Heat 2, The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne CBD (SEP)
9th Overload
Poetry Festival Opening Night Showcase, Fitzroy Town Hall, Fitzroy, VIC (SEP)
SlamMaster, Overload Slam, Overload
Poetry Festival 2010 (September)
Re-Writers for Burma, October 2010,Trades Hall, (Bella Union) Carlton, VIC
2010 Australian National Poetry Slam Vic State Finals, State Library
Visiting
Poetry Faculty, Donvale Christian College, Melbourne 2011 Teaching Artist,
Arts MemphisNational Advisory Council, Australian PoetrySlammaster, FABSLAMSlammaster, Muddy Rivers SlamMelbourne Poets Union, Youth Ambassador and Community LiaisonSlammaster, Overload Poetry Festival 2011MC & Slammaster Frankston Library, Library Lovers Day
(Feb 2011)Visiting Poetry Faculty, East Doncaster College (March 2011)Cafe Poet, Australian Poetry (Tre Espresso, Miss Marmalade, & Cocoa Nation)Friendly Street Poets, Open Mic, Adelaide, SA
MC & Slammaster, Frankston Library Slam June 2011, Frankston, VIC
Passionate
Tongues, Open Stage, 20 June 2011 Muddy Rivers
Slam, June Grand Slam Champion, Noise Bar, Brunswick, VICConvener,
Sydney Road
Writers Contest & Cup, Brunswick, VICSRWCC Late
Night Lounge, Bar Etiquette, w/Steve Smart, 22 June, 3056,
VIC