Find out more at the competition site…

The winners of the 2008 First Person Impressions competition have been selected:

Memoir 
1st place:  Cushing’s Final Essay, Frances Grote
2nd place: The Wishing Chair, Sylvia M. DeSantis
3rd place: The Palazzo, Gail Wilkinson
Honorable Mention: Walled City, Ed Weinberg 

After the Complaint Choir tonight, the winners from the 2008 Best Impressions competition show their stuff.  Check out Nicolas Silberfaden’s work that turns the tables on the Paparazzi.  Or see the big-screen premieres of  the prize-winning films, among them Mr. America by J. Michael Whalen:

Tickets for tonight are no longer available on-line, but you can buy them at the door.  Come early for the Philly Complaint Choir performance and stay after for Underground America!

Heroes of Grand Slam brings you the cast of Story Slammers you’ll see go head-to-head at the 2008 First Person Festival Grand Slam on Saturday November 15th from 9-11pm.  This one will sell out, so buy your tickets right away! You can make a day of it and check out Girls Rock from 3-6 pm and Doubletime! from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

Here are our heroes, and these are their stories:

Sandy Beaches, winner of March’s “The Road Not Taken”

Kevin Lee, winner of April’s “The Awkward Pause”

You’ve got one more chance to get into the pantheon of Philadelphia storytellers next week at L’Etage.  The last regularly scheduled slam of the season will be “Strange Coincidence” on Tuesday, October 28th.  Doors open at 7:30 and the slam begins at 8:30.

Heroes of Grand Slam brings you the cast of Story Slammers you’ll see go head-to-head at the 2008 First Person Festival Grand Slam on Saturday November 15th from 9-11pm.  This one will sell out, so buy your tickets right away! You can make a day of it and check out Girls Rock from 3-6 pm and Doubletime! from 6:30 to 8:30pm.

Here are our heroes, and these are their stories:

Kendra Gaeta, winner of January’s “Good Intentions”

Ingrid Wiese, winner of February’s Brotherly Love (and Sisterly Affection)

You’ve got one more chance at admission to this pantheon of Philadelphia storytellers next week at L’Etage.  The last regularly scheduled slam of the season will be “Strange Coincidence” on Tuesday, October 28th.  Doors open at 7:30 and the slam begins at 8:30.

Sincerest apologies if your Impressions entry was bounced back. We’re having a little technical difficulty with our e-mail here and since it’s taking a little longer than we anticipated to sort it out, we’ll accept submissions through midnight on Monday August 18th. Give us a call if you have any questions: 267-402-2057

The word “spirituality” carries so many different meanings for different people (no matter how much Webster tries to limit it to one).
Take a few minutes to immerse yourself in one unique woman’s spiritual journey of finding a sense of connectedness and the divine feminine in “Chant to Your Mother.”

Have your own unique take on the meaning of life? Create an impression and tell us your story by submitting an entry to this year’s documentary competition, “First Person Impressions.”