The Short Version
Scott Woods is the author and editor of over nine books, has published work in a variety of publications, and has been featured multiple times in national press, including multiple appearances on National Public Radio. He is the President of Poetry Slam Inc. and MCs the Writers’ Block Poetry Night, an open mic series in Columbus , Ohio . In April of 2006 he became the first poet to ever complete a 24-hour solo poetry reading, a feat he bested in 2007 by performing for another 24 hours, but without repeating a single poem.
Website: www.blackair.org
The Long Version
The author and editor of over nine volumes
of poetry and prose (50 Mistakes Poets Make and High Desert Voices: The 2005 National Poetry Slam Anthology most recently), Scott
Woods has performed in a number of venues and with an assortment of accompaniments. His work has been used in creative writing and historical literature classes
at numerous universities and high schools, has been featured multiple
times on National Public Radio, and recently in Paste magazine.
He was inducted into the Thomson-Gale Contemporary Black Biography encyclopedia in 2006. He was the founder of the poetry performance
group The Black Air
Poets, and has published articles, reviews and other prose. He was the coach and a member of the
Columbus Slam Team that placed third in the 2000 Rust
Belt Regional Poetry Slam (and won it in 2001), and was the coach and a
member of Columbus's first-ever National Poetry Slam Team that participated
in the 2001 National Poetry Slam. He is currently President of Poetry Slam Inc., which oversees
the annual National Poetry Slam and the Individual World Poetry Slam; MCs an open mic series in Columbus, Ohio; is the founder of the Greatest
Slow Jam Ever website; and DJs interactive music sets as Scott's Groove Locker. He also writes a monthly poetry column - "Poetry Is Doomed" - for GotPoetry.com.
In April 2006 Scott made history by performing the first-ever 24-hour poetry feature, a feat he bested by
doing another 24-hour feature in April of 2007, but without repeating a single poem from the previous year.
Website: www.blackair.org
Selected Features:
The Green Mill, Chicago, IL Wittenberg
University
Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New York, NY Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY
University of Dayton, OH The
Columbus Museum of Art; Columbus, OH
Beloit College, Beloit, WI Springfield Museum of Art; Springfield, OH
National Poetry Slam 2001-2003, 2005 The
Ohio State University
Suncrumbs series@The Shadow Lounge, Pittsburgh, PA Larry's
Poetry Forum Series
2Co's Cabaret, Columbus, OH North
Adult High School
Kraftbrau, Kalamazoo, MI
Marion-Franklin High School
Performing Arts High School, Pittsburgh, PA Otterbein
College, Otterbein, OH
Heidelburg, Ann Arbor, MI Capitol
University, Columbus, OH
The King Arts Complex, Columbus, OH Ohio
University, Athens, OH
University of Michigan, MI Columbus State Community College
Muskingum College, OH Columbus
College of Art & Design
The Thurber House Raymond Walters College, Cincinnatti, OH
Upper Arlington Public Library, Upper Arlington, OH Peripatetic Poets Reading, Columbus, OH
Arts Impact Middle School, Columbus, OH ACUI Conference; Kansas City, MO
ACME Art Company, Columbus, OH
Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Buffalo , NY
Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
Briggs High School; Columbus, OH
Independence High School; Columbus, OH Ego's; Austin, Texas
Indianola Elementary School; Columbus, OH
Java Hut; Worcestor, MA
Columbus Metropolitan Library; Columbus, OH
Cantab Lounge; Boston, MA
Fire!; Kalamazoo, MI
Funky Buddha; Chicago, IL
Wet Ink Poetry Night; Columbus, OH
Columbus Music Hall; Columbus, OH
Wexner Center for the Arts; Columbus, OH
He has slammed at
National Poetry Slam 2007; Austin, TX
National Poetry Slam 2005; Albuquerque, NM
National Poetry Slam 2003; Chicago, IL
National Poetry Slam 2002; Minneapolis, MN
National Poetry Slam 2001; Seattle, WA
The Green Mill, Chicago, IL
The Jazz Slam
Rust Belt Regionals 2000-03
The Writers' Block Poetry Night
Ohio State University
Gladiator Poetry Night
Snaps'N'Taps
Hot Times at Olde Town Festival
Canal Street Tavern, Dayton, Ohio
University of Dayton
He has published work with
SavoyMag Online First
Circle Pudding House Journal
The Three Plum Review The
Drum Call Got Poetry?
Comic World News
Foole's Gold Spoken Word Revolution Redux
The Wordsmith Press National
Public Radio
Slammin’ Vincent
Brothers Review
Roachmeat Rambles
Complete Bibliography/Discography
Watering Hole: Juke Joint Poems (poetry, 2007; Rewriting Ovid Press)
Cap City Poets Anthology (1 poem, 2007; Pudding House)
Spoken Word Revolution Redux (1 poem, 2007; Sourcebook Mediafusion)
Donielle Monique Some Days I Am (music & production, 2006; BAPMusic)
High Desert Voices: The 2005 National Poetry Slam Anthology (2 poems, lead editor, 2006; Wordsmith Press/PSI)
Poems from the Big Muddy: The 2004 National Poetry Slam (editor, poetry anthology, 2005; Wordsmith Press)
50 Mistakes Poets Make (criticism, 2005)
Off The Mic: Ann Arbor Poetry Slam Anthology (3 poems,
2003; Wordsmith Press)
You Belong: Love Poems (spoken
word CD, 2003)
You Belong: Remixes & Instrumentals (music
CD, music composed/produced 2003)
Ispee Luscious Something Prettier (music
CD; 1 poem performed/composed 2003)
The Best of Dayton 2003 (1 poem,
2003)
The Kerfuffle Incident (1 poem,
2003; Wordsmith Press)
Freedom to Speak: The 2002 National Poetry Slam (editor,
poetry anthology, 2003; Wordsmith Press)
Scott Woods Hates Your Poems (criticism, 2003, out of print, very rare)
Mark Lomax Sextet Tales From The Black
Experience (jazz CD, 2003)
Setting Slow (downtempo music compilation
CD, 2002)
Live and Suspect (live spoken
word CD, 2002)
Word Problems (poetry anthology edit and appearance,
2002)
Can You Hear Me Now? (poetry, 2002)
Inside (limited edition poetry/prose collection,
2001)
Gladiator Poetry Night Highlights, Volume 1 (live
spoken word CD, 2 poems; 2001)
Black Air Poets Touch (spoken
word CD, 2001)
Dr. X - Version Emergency (reggae
CD, 2001; music composed/produced)
Poetic Predator (poetry, 2000; out of
print)
Egyptian Slow Jam Tape (poetry, 2000, out of print)
Dr. X - Rootz 2000 (reggae
CD, 2000; music composed/produced and poetry vocals)
The Associates - The Associates (dub/rock CD, 2000; poetry vocals)
Rizz - The Show Off (hip-hop
CD, 2000; poetry vocals)
Closer: A Pillow Book (poetry, 1998; out of print)
Come & Feel (poetry, 1998; out of print)
Black Air Poets - Sunday Mornings & Slow
Jams (bootleg audiocassette, 1997; out of print)
Black Love A-Z: 26 Poems on Black Love (poetry, 1992; out of print)
The Black Album (poetry, 1992; out of print)
Black Winter (poetry, 1991; out of print)
Scratching the Surface (poetry, 1991; out of print)
Scott Woods can be reached at: sewoods1@yahoo.com