Festival

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CONGRATS TO BREATH IN POETRY (EDMONTON) FOR WINNING CFSW '11!

Edmonton took home the crown for the first time at CFSW, winning over Ottawa Urban Legends, Toronto Up from the Roots and Kingston PEN. Congrats to Mary Pinkoski,  Colin Matty, Ahmed Ali and Liam Coady!

Final results? We'll be posting them here

Were you at CFSW?  We'd love your feedback

Welcome to the home of CFSW!
Toronto Poetry Project and Spoken Word Canada (SpoCan) were proud to present the 2011 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) which took place place Oct 11 to 15 in various venues in downtown Toronto.  This annual festival, produced by SpoCan in conjunction with a local organizing committee, features the top talent in the national spoken word community. Poets from Victoria to Halifax were in Toronto for the country’s largest spoken word festival. In the evening, 20 poetry slam teams competed in spoken word competitions known as poetry slams.

Past Festivals
From a small festival dubbed the Canadian Spoken Wordlympics held in Ottawa in 2004, the festival has been hosted across the country and has grown from six teams to 20. The original intent of the festival, to provide a national showcase for spoken word talent, has expanded to include an array of panels, showcases, workshops, and other daytime events in addition to the Canadian National Poetry Slam held in the evenings.  At each CFSW, two poets are honoured for their contributions to the Canadian spoken word community.