Winners announced below.
Tuesday April 9 6 - 10pm Myrtle, East PVD
Last year, Motif introduced a new event celebrating spoken art forms. This April, the Spoken Awards return with categories embracing storytelling, poetry, spoken word, and stand-up comedy. The names below were nominated by 20 local organizations that book performers in these various disciplines around Rhode Island. See the winners announced below!
The live celebration, including performances for each category and live voting, as well as the results of the online voting, will take place at Myrtle, 134 Waterman Ave, East Providence on Tuesday, April 9. Hosted by April Brown and Chip Doug, the event is in partnership with Rhode Island Black Storytellers, the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading and SENE Fest.
NOMINEES
SPOKEN WORD
FREE VERSE
Amaziyah the Great
Brittany Lizotte
Christopher Johnson
Michael "Warrior" Bonds
Nelson Tavarez
Rudy “Rudacious” Cabrera
Shomari Woods
Winner: Rudy “Rudacious” Cabrera
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Alisha Pina
Erik Andrade
Ginay Lopes
Mr. Orange Live
Sara Monteiro
Vatic Kuumba
Winner: Erik Andrade
NARRATIVE MUSIC / HIP-HOP / RAP
An Artist Named Flizz
Chachi Carvalho
Hil Holla
Jon Hope
Krook Rock
Lord Gremithy
Marrowz
Shakespere to Hip Hop -
Marlon Carey and Reggie Gibson
Winner: Shakespeare to Hip Hop - Marlon Casey and Reggie Gibson
YOUTH
Aianna Thomas
Alana Parrott
Camille Cabral-Bennett
Janiah Rivera
Jude Paye
Julius Morris
Karuna Lohman
Quinn Kennedy
Robin Linden
Sabine Cladis
Winner: Camille Cabral-Bennett
FAVORITE EVENT / NIGHT The Daily Note Poetry Night Freestyle Fridays at Southside Smoothie Funda Fest Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading Outspoken Pawtucket Poetry Poetry Story Jam at Southside Cultural Center Providence Poetry Slam SWAP Meet Tell Your Truth Winner: Providence Poetry Slam FAVORITE PRODUCER April Brown Atto Pilot (Music Producer) Cøøg and Louie (The Daily Note) Jaybird Walker Liv Dolphin Lori Kirkland Mr. Orange Live (Damont Combs) Sara Monteiro Winner: Sara Monteiro
COMEDY
COMEDIANS Blaq Sav Brett Davey Brian Glowacki Dutchess SS Katie Arroyo Liz Moniz Shiv Patel Winner: Blaq Sav NSFW COMEDY Alessanda Grima Brian Beaudoin Dee Conley Dennis Mello Lisa Costa Rob Pierce Tyler Hittner Winner: Lisa Costa
IMPROV (Group or individual) Bit Players Newport BYOI Contemporary Theater Company Improv Jones Kismet Mondays Pages PIG Speed of Thought Players Winner: Improv Jones COMEDY: NEW VOICES Daryl Cayard (“Please Delete this Podcast”) James Firth Kirsten Logan Mr. Kuze Pat O’Neal Uzair Malik Winner: Kirsten Logan
STORYTELLING
INTERACTIVE / CALL & RESPONSE An Artist Named Flizz Bill Harley Mark Binder Marlon Carey Rudy Ru Valerie Tutson Winner: Rudy Ru HISTORICAL / CULTURAL Charmaine Porter Mark Binder Raffini Ray Rickman Sara Monteiro Silvia Ann Soares Thawn Harris Winner: Sara Monteiro PERSONAL STORY Brittany Lizotte Charmaine Porter Christopher Johnson Fallon Masterson Gemelya Barros Ginay Lopes Krook Rock Raffini Winner: Ginay Lopes Overall Favorite Spoken Performer Sara Monteiro Favorite Live Performance: Comedy Blaq Sav Favorite Live Performance : Youth Alana Parrott
FAVORITE EVENT Afroverse Blend Battle Funda Fest FundaFest’s Stories for Grown Folk OUTSPOKEN’s Two Year Anniversary at Gateway Center (9/30/23) Poetry Night by The Daily Note Stranger Stories PVD Tell Newport Winner: The Daily Note FAVORITE LOCAL PODCAST TRU Little State Big Voices Old Roommates Spark Up with Cristina Sev HumbleGloryPod Club Ambition Podcast Where the Living Room Used to Be Winner: Little State Big Voices Favorite Live Performance : Spoken Word Ren Favorite Live Performance : Storytelling Marlon Carey Langston Hughes Poetry Award Ricardo Pitts-Wiley