(update: The Story Slam was a success! Watch all videos here.)
Hippocampus Magazine and Books is pleased to welcome our friends from Lancaster Story Slam to this year’s event, as they produce a special HippoCamp Edition of their monthly, live storytelling event. (Cash bar also open, and we’ll have some coffee, tea, water & salty snacks while they last!)
You might tell a story inspired by a chapter of your memoir, or maybe share a story about the joy, sadness and frustration of writing and publishing your creative nonfiction. The story you tell may have nothing to do with your current project, maybe it’s that classic story your friends beg you to tell when you are gathered at a bar or party.
While a Story Slam is a competition, we don’t take the competitive part too seriously. Our goal is to provide a fun night of stories, and we are always thrilled to see new participants hop on stage.
Official Rules for the HippoCamp Story Slam are as follows:
– Storytellers register* upon arrival. Names are drawn out of a hat to decide order of presentation.
– Stories should fit into the theme of the night! Our theme is COURAGE!
– Stories should be true as you remember it!
– Stories should be under five minutes in length!
– No Notes, No Props, No Music!