GrandSLAM Winners
After the Moth StorySLAM has generated 10 or more winners, we organize a GrandSLAM SLAMoff. It is a fierce battle between the StorySLAM's finest tellers. It is always a fabulous, sold-out show.
On this page, we bow to the amazing storytellers who trumped all!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010: Los Angeles GrandSLAM Championship @ The Echoplex
Won by Moran Cerf, neuroscientist
Monday, May 24, 2010: GrandSLAM Championship @ B. B. Kings Blues
Won by Brad Lawrence, writer, performer and returning GrandSLAMpion
Thursday, March 11, 2010: GrandSLAM Championship @ Highline Ballroom
Won by Brad Lawrence, writer and performer
Tuesday, March 2nd 2010: Los Angeles GrandSLAM Championship @ The Echoplex
Won by Stephen C. James, middle school drama teacher
Wednesday, January 27, 2010: GrandSLAM Championship @ Highline Ballroom
Won by Elizabeth Spector, public school teacher turned law school student
Tuesday, October 6, 2009: GrandSLAM Championship @ The Echoplex
Won by Vikki Kelleher, actress and mother
Monday, September 28, 2009: GrandSLAM Championship @ Highline Ballroom
Won by Juliet Wayne, artist, writer, and performer
Thursday, July 20, 2009: GrandSLAM Championship @ Highline Ballroom
Won by Matteson Perry, performer and screenwriter
Monday, May 11, 2009: Los AngelesGrandSLAM Chaimpionship @ King King
Josh Cereghino, surfer and returning GrandSLAMpion
Thursday, May 7, 2009: GrandSLAM Championship @ Comix
Won by Adam Wade, two-time GrandSLAMpion and New Hampshire native
Wednesday, March 25, 2009: GrandSLAM Championship @ The Highline Ballroom
Won by Peter Aguero, performer and lead singer of the BTK-band
Thursday, January 8, 2009: GrandSLAM Championship @ Comix
Won by Steve Zimmer, an aging yuppie from the Midwest
Monday, September 22, 2008: Los Angeles GrandSLAM Championship @ King King
Won by Josh Cereghino, surfer
Wednesday, September 10, 2008: GrandSLAM Championship @ Comix
Won by Jim O'Grady, writer
Monday, April 14, 2008: Los Angeles GrandSLAM When Worlds Collide @ King King
Won by Josh Cereghino, surfer
Monday, March 10th, 2008: GrandSLAM Championship @ COMIX
Won by Jeffrey Solomon, writer and performer
December 2, 2007: GrandSLAM Growing Pains @ Comix
Won by Ed Gavagan, designer/builder of homes and furniture
March 27, 2007: GrandSLAM Hot Water/Thin Ice @ Comix
Won by Andy Christie, cartoonist and co-owner of Slim Films
November 1, 2006: GrandSLAM Out on a Limb @ The Players
Won by Adam Wade, a New Hampshire native
March 22, 2006: GrandSLAM Getting a Grip @ The Players
Won by Boris Timanovsky, a systems analyst
November 2, 2005: GrandSLAM Walk on the Wild Side @ The Players
Won by Xeni Fragakis, a writer and Connecticut native
May 17, 2005: GrandSLAM: Swimming Upstream @ Crash Mansion
This one was a tie!
Won by Dina Pearlman, an actress, comedian, writer and mother
and James Braly, a writer, father and serial monogamist, writer and star of I Should Be Committed: Life in a Marital Institution
November 18, 2004: GrandSLAM: Out on a Limb @ The Roxy
Won by Joseph Limone, a businessman and Red Sox fan
May 19, 2004: GrandSLAM: Love/Hate @ The Players
Won by Bernie Somers, writer who likes ice cream and daisies
November 4, 2003: GrandSLAM: When Worlds Collide @ Nell's
Won by Dave Mowers, a writer, director (Dave Mowers: I Was a Teenage Drag Queen) and performer
April 1, 2003:GrandSLAM: When Worlds Collide @ Nell's
Won by Jeffery Rudell, an artist, writer and graphic designer
April 23, 2002: GrandSLAM: Fish Out of Water @ Nell's
Won by James Braly, a writer, father and serial monogamist, writer and star of I Should Be Committed: Life in a Marital Institution
April 17, 2001: GrandSLAM: Fish Out of Water @ Nell's
Won by: Joe Harvard, a self-employed computer geek, writer, musician, and producer-engineer