Winnipeg Story Slam
About this Event
There's just three regular-season Story Slams left! Winners are invited back for the Grand Slam in November.
This August we're looing for stories that take a turn.
Theme: PLOT TWIST
Every great story has one.
The moment everything changed.
The surprise you never saw coming.
The person who wasn't who you thought they were.
The decision that changed your life.
The ending no one—including you—expected.
This month, prepare a five-minute (or less) true story about a plot twist.
Funny, heartbreaking, inspiring, awkward, unbelievable—as long as it's true, we want to hear it.
🎤 How It Works
- 10 storytellers (names drawn randomly from a bag)
- 5 minutes each
- Notes are allowed, but telling from the heart is encouraged
- 5 audience judges
- Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place
Whether you’re a seasoned storyteller or thinking about trying it for the very first time — you're invited here.
📅 Wednesday, August 12th
📍 Public Domain, 633 Portage Ave.
🕕 Doors & storyteller sign-up 6:15 PM
🎤 Stories start at 7:00 PM sharp
🎟 Pay-What-You-Can
(suggested $10 donation — cash preferred)
💰 All donations go directly to the cash prizes.
This is open mic live storytelling.
Come tell, come cheer, or just come feel something real.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of the Winnipeg Story Slam community - and take your shot at winning the chance to participate in our end-of-season Grand Slam where past winners are invited to compete for a bigger cash prize!
Stories can be funny, heartbreaking, surprising, or quietly powerful — as long as they’re true.
Come be part of building this storytelling community where stories - a moment in time - with a beginning, a middle, and an end, are shared!
Real Stories. Live Voices.
- All funds go directly toward running the event and supporting the winner’s cash prize.
- 💛 Winnipeg Story Slam is 100% not-for-profit and VOLUNTEER RUN
🎤 Want to tell a story?
Storyteller sign-up happens in person at the door. Spots are limited.
Website: www.winnipegstoryslam.com
RULES
- 5 minute story. After 5 minutes, there will be a penalty. After 7 minutes, there will be a sign signaling the end
- Sign up in person the evening of the event with the host table
- No props
- Story must be original, unpublished, true, and told in the first person.
- You can read from a script on paper, or device - but sharing from the heart is strongly encouraged
- Names are drawn for order of storytelling.
- This is a lottery draw and there is no guarantee you will be able to tell your story if more than 10 people sign up. People are allowed to sign up from 6:00 pm to 6:59 pm
- No registrations are allowed after the show starts at 7:00 pm, even if there is less than 10 storytellers. This rule is to make it fair, as it is difficult to go first and later submissions mean the storytellers have an advantage
- There are 5 random audience judges. We pick them at the beginning of the evening
- Judges score 1 to 10, with one decimal point. The highest score and the lowest score are eliminated and the three middle numbers are added up. Judges give their scores after each storyteller
- Please note: this is a FRIENDLY competition! Everyone is volunteering!
- All proceeds go to the winner. We are a not-for-profit event, run by volunteers.
- The highest score of the evening wins the pot
- Please remember this event is run by volunteers who love stories. There are no paid staff. All money for this event goes back into the storytelling community.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
CAD 0.00
