The World Poetry Bash was held in August, 2000 in Washington, DC.

The August, 2000 Bash was the largest performance poetry competition ever held with over 1500 competitors taking home over $7500 in prize money, and a live Internet audience of over 45,000 participating in the voting via the Internet. (Countless others were unable to participate in voting because of technical difficulties experienced by Yahoo due to the overwhelming demand to view and judge the event.)

You can view the performances of these fine poets by clicking on their name.

Gayle Danley - Moderator

The 2000 Poetry Bash Champion, and Winner of $5000 is:
Teedie Tremble of Michigan

Runners-up ($250 Winners) included:
Adwiti Subba of Alabama
Chris Kusznir of New York
Jack Dell of Massachusetts
Juliette Flores of Maryland
Kathey Thomas of Georgia
Marianne Motsko of Maryland
Michael Williams of Maryland
Quentin Talley of South Carolina
Sandy Stone of Oklahoma

Finalists Included:
Amanda French of Virginia
Andrea Dionne-Jenkins of Georgia
Angela Brown of Virginia
Augustus Beaupierre of Florida
Cal Fager of Colorado
Charles Bowman of Michigan
Dan Haslett of New Jersey
Dorothy Miller of Virginia
John "Doc" Smith of Minnesota
Kay Frieberg of Pennsylvania
Kim Roberts of Spain
Lorina Winkfield of Washington DC
Muntaha Haddad of Maryland
Patricia Nolan of Maryland
Robert Conway of California
Rose Greene of Maryland
Roselyn McCoy of North Carolina
Roy Payne of Missouri
Ruben Roa of Virginia
Tom Bonet of Wisconsin
Wataya Roberson of New York
Yvette Samuels of New York
Zakiyah Spencer of California