Winnipeg Story Slam | Royal Albert Hotel
Arts
Literary Arts
The next Winnipeg Story Slam event is happening Tuesday, April 8th! This month's theme is: GROWING PAINS Growth is messy. It’s awkward, hilarious, sometimes painful—but always a story worth telling. This month’s Winnipeg Story Slam invites storytellers to share their tales of transformation, mishaps, and lessons learned the hard way. Whether it’s a childhood embarrassment, a career misstep, or a friendship that stretched you in unexpected ways, we want to hear how you navigated the twists and turns of growing up, growing wise, or just growing through it. Laugh. Cringe. Relate. Join us for a night of raw, real, and unforgettable stories—live on stage. Come and share a story or just be part of the live audience! This friendly competition is open-mic style and includes: - 10 Storytellers chosen from a hat - 5 minutes to tell a captivating true story - 5 volunteer audience judges - One cash prize for the winner - Plenty of unknowns and surprises Come be part of building this storytelling community where stories - a moment in time - with a beginning, a middle, and an end, are shared! Real Stories. Live Voices. TUESDAY - APRIL 8th - @ THE ROYAL ALBERT ARMS (in the Exchange district)
Doors open at 6:30 for sign up, and STORIES STARTS AT 7:30!
$10 ticket. (NOTE: Venue is CASH ONLY. ATM on site. New food menu is available. CASH ONLY) RULES 5 minute story. After 5 minutes, there will be a penalty. After 7 minutes, there will be music to signal the endSign up in person the evening of the event with the host tableNo propsStory must be original, unpublished, true, and told in the first person.You can read from a script on paper, or deviceNames are drawn for order of storytellingThis is a lottery draw and there is no guarantee you will be able to tell your story if more than 10 people sign up. People are allowed to sign up from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pmNo registrations are allowed after the show starts at 7:30 pm, even if there is less than 10 storytellers. This rule is to make it fair, as it is difficult to go first and later submissions mean the storytellers have an advantageThere are 5 random audience judges. We pick them at the beginning of the eveningJudges score 1 to 10, with one decimal point. The highest score and the lowest score are eliminated and the three middle numbers are added up. Judges give their scores after each storytellerPlease note: this is a FRIENDLY competition! Everyone is volunteering!All proceeds go to the winner (after venue rental fee and any other expenses are covered. We are a not-for-profit event, led by volunteers)The highest score of the evening wins the potPlease remember this event is run by volunteers who love stories. There are no paid staff. All money for this event goes back into the storytelling community.
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