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Comedy vs. Tragedy #14

Cider Riot 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Three musicians vs. three poets vs. three comedians! - the audience picks the winners! Plus a featured performance and a raffle! ************************************************** PRICE OF TICKETS $10 online with an advanced purchase or $15 at the door. Get yours now at WWW.NOVAPDX.ORG ************************************************** ROUND ONE – NINE PERFORMERS Three poets will perform one piece in their round. Then the audience will select their favorite performance by applause and that poet will advance to the final round. Then three comedians will perform and the audience will select one to advance. Then three musicians will perform and the audience will select one of them to join the poet and the comedian in the final round. COMEDY Becky Braunstein Kate Murphy Lydia Manning MUSIC Nina XO POETRY Jennifer Robin…

$10

Comedy vs. Tragedy #17

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Comedy vs. Tragedy is a variety competition show in Portland, Oregon. A poet, a musician and a comedian bring their best performance skills to the stage and vie for audience applause. The winner features in the next show, gets a cash prize and one hour recording session at Shady Pines Media. In the Final round the new winner competes against the reigning champion of Comedy vs. Tragedy. This month we have a feature performance from poet Desmond Spann, the winner of Comedy vs. Tragedy #16. The challengers this month are: Morgan Paige (poet) Galloping Strider (musician) Patti Mansbach (comedian) Get your tickets early and support local artists! DOORS AT 5:30PM, THE SHOW STARTS AT 6PM For raffle donation or sponsorships reach out to Alex Nova…

$10

Submission Deadline: McMenamins & Theatre 33’s Playwriting Competition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Enter a UFO-themed 10 minute play writing competition hosted by McMenamins and Theatre 33. Deadline for Submission is 3/1/2020. No more than 10 pages/minutes. Top three will be staged-read at the UFO festival in McMinnville in May. Winner receives $200 value gift card from McMenamins.

Free

Submission Deadline: #Virtualandia 2021

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

#Virtualandia! 2021 is an exciting opportunity for students from eligible* Portland-area high schools to take part in a dynamic virtual slam poetry competition presented by Literary Arts. Competitors will take to the mic for a chance to win prizes including the title of #Virtualandia slam champion and corresponding $1,000 visa gift card. Up to 300 youth poets will submit original work via video by midnight Wednesday, March 31 to be reviewed and judged by a diverse group of artists and fans with a pulse on the literary scene. Ten poets will be selected to advance and qualify for our April 29, 2021 grand slam event. These ten students will have their poems professionally recorded and aired during the grand slam event to be scored by…

Free

Submission Deadline: Global Grasshopper: Portland Travel Blogger Competition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Love Portland, Oregon, and want to share some of its best spots with the rest of the world? Well to celebrate being able to get out and about again we’re launching a competition for you to be a travel blogging superstar for the weekend! We’re aiming to find someone who knows the city of Portland in Oregon well to report back on all their favorite recommendations for unique and under-the-radar destinations in Portland you can visit all year round – so both in winter and summer, hence our hashtag #PortlandBlogger365 In return for the weekend’s blogging, we’ll be paying the lucky winner $1000 as well as $300 expenses. The competition is currently open and due to popular demand, the competition has been extended to 5pm…

Free