A Study of My Favorite Poetry Event Passes

[scottwoods]

Here's something that doesn't get it's props enough: passes!  No big event works without them, and yet it's pretty rare that anyone talks about these and gives their designers their props.

I’m designing the passes for next week’s Rust Belt event and for reference I pulled out some of my favorite passes from poetry events in my career. Here are the

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[campana]

austin '98, chicago '99, and providence '00 all hang from my bedroom lamp. seattle '01 didn't make the grade.

[scottwoods]

Huh, that reminds me:

'01 was my first NPS and somewhere in there I lost my pass on site. I don't even remember what it looked like, and because I was a nobody then I couldn't score another one as something else. ;-)

[nerak_g]

'05 & '07 passes ruled

[scottwoods]

Absolutely.

[radioactiveart]

Actually, my Chicago '03 pass disintegrated long ago. My favorite is still ABQ.

[scottwoods]

Huh.

Yeah, ABQ is by far the best ones I have.

[bajatierra]

Austin '98 was the best for me. The volunteer passes were the absolute best -- said "Voluntario" on them, had a picture of a puppy with a "don't kick me" expression. Priceless.

[scottwoods]

Nuts.

I'd have liked to seen that one!

[nobleds]

I like my Milwaukee '06 Rust Belt pass.
but I am looking forward to seeing the passes that you are designing!!

[scottwoods]

That was an honorable mention at first. It is a very solid pass, no doubt.
If you'd seen some of these NPS ones, though...