Come out to Mars Cafe at 7 p.m. on April 1 to watch some amazing local storytelling talent, and share your own at the Drake Community Press 2nd Annual Story Slam! Bring a story to read out loud (five minutes or less) that includes the following words: reflex, trace, and labyrinth.

Stories will be judged by 3Elements Literary Review, Drake Community Press, and celebrity judge, author Wini Moranville.

For the slam portion of the event, contestants select three words from a hat and have thirty minutes to spin a story to deliver on stage, while Drake’s own “The Faculty Members” band (Kirk Martin, Charlie Nelson, Tim Knepper, Pat Bell, JJ Butts) and students perform live.

Winners will be announced at 9 p.m. with cash prizes.
Admission: $1
Entry fee: $10

Prizes:
1st: $50
2nd: $15 Mars Cafe gift card
3rd: $10 Mars Cafe gift card

Contestants will be considered for publication in 3Elements Literary Review‘s summer issue, out July 1.

—Carol Spaulding-Kruse, Professor of English