StorySLAM

The StorySLAM is a live storytelling competition in the vein of poetry slams{{cite news|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-5005-halloween-follies-warhol-re-conjured-at-factory-bash-unisex-salon-is-a-band-of-ex-models-the-moth-wants-your-stories-at-the-nuyorican-one-of-the-years-fine-indie-films-toxic-avenger-4-premieres.html|title=Halloween Follies: Warhol Re-Conjured at Factory Bash; Unisex Salon Is a Band of Ex-Models; The Moth Wants Your Stories at the Nuyorican; One of the Year's Fine Indie Films, Toxic Avenger 4, Premieres|last=Vizzini|first=Ned|date=6 November 2001|work=New York Press|accessdate=1 April 2010}} organized by The Moth, a non-profit literary society from New York City, since 2001. Storytellers (slammers) have 5 minutes each to tell a story, based on a theme chosen for the event.{{cite web|url=http://www.themoth.org/storyslams|title=The Moth StorySLAMS|publisher=The Moth|accessdate=1 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402062853/http://www.themoth.org/storyslams|archivedate=2 April 2010}} No notes are allowed: stories must be told and not read.{{cite news|url=http://laist.com/2010/03/16/pencil_this_in_castle_at_the_paley.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105184554/http://laist.com/2010/03/16/pencil_this_in_castle_at_the_paley.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2017|title=Pencil This In: Castle at the Paley Center, Downtown's Historic Theaters, and 21st Century Gardening|date=16 March 2010|work=LAist|accessdate=1 April 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://chicagoist.com/2010/03/29/upcoming_events_for_literary_folk_6.php|title=Upcoming Events For Literary Folk|date=29 March 2010|work=Chicagoist|accessdate=1 April 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403035704/http://chicagoist.com/2010/03/29/upcoming_events_for_literary_folk_6.php|archivedate=3 April 2012}} The events, held in cities around the United States, now also include a competition;{{cite news|url=http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2010/03/telling_stories.php|title=Telling Stories|last=Schneider|first=Iris|date=29 March 2010|work=LA Observed|accessdate=1 April 2010}} participants are judged by teams of audience members.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/urbaneye/18ubn03.html|title=Tell Me a Story|date=18 March 2010|work=The New York Times|accessdate=1 April 2010}} The organization also holds a biannual Grand Slam competition.{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/item_e3RnblPqKHZDZ1fgvUnPkK|title=NYC Raconteurs Take Stage in Story Series The Moth|last=Kane|first=Michael|date=24 March 2007|work=New York Post|accessdate=1 April 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_184/takemywife.html|title=Take my wife — just kidding|last=DeMeritt|first=Jennifer|date=17–23 November 2006|work=Downtown Express|accessdate=1 April 2010}}

Notables performing at StorySLAMs include Moby, Lili Taylor, and Frank McCourt.{{cite news|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A469101|title=The Moth: Mmm-mmmh! Good story!|last=Faires|first=Robert|date=27 April 2007|work=The Austin Chronicle|accessdate=1 April 2010}}