Attention All You Def Poets...

It's official! HBO Def Poetry will be picked up for it's 5th season. That's right! They are now taking submissions for poets to be featured on this up coming season. Taping will start in the early part of 2005. This will cost you NOTHING! But here are the requirements:

1. Submissions must be made in VHS format (VHS tape).

2. There must be 3 poems and each poem can not exceed the time limit of 3 minutes. This applies for group submissions also.

3. One tape per artist unless you are part of a group.

4. Please include all contact information either written on the tape or within your performance.

*Please, NO MORE THAN ONE ARTIST PER TAPE! You will not be considered if there is more than 1 artist on any tape unless it is a group submission. Most of all your submission DOES NOT GUARANTEE you a spot on the show. Moreover, anyone submitting their tape more than one time will not be considered. Please DO NOT SEND MULTIPLE VERSIONS of your submission. If you are selected, you will be contacted by the Executive Talent Coordinator of the show.

Mail submissions to:

Wordstock, Inc.
127 North MacQuesten Parkway
Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 10550
Attn: Def Poetry submission

Deadline for all submissions is FRIDAY, JANUARY 14th, 2005 at the close of business, 5pm.

Def Poetry won a Peabody Award and a Tony Award for "Def Poetry Jam On Broadway" and many other honors. Check out some of these sites...

http://www.peabody.uga.edu/archives/search.asp

http://www.mudumultimedia.com

http://www.tonyawards.com