Welcome to our first virtual ROAR Story Slam – an annual live storytelling competition hosted by KoreanAmericanStory.org.

We thank and celebrate our honorees – Andy Kim, Kristen Kish, and Kyung B. Yoon – who shared their wonderful stories. A big thank you to our fantastic NYC Story Slam 2019 winners, Jen Kim and Claire Choi, our musical performer Year of the Ox, and our fabulous host Vivian Lee. We hope many of you can join us next year for our special 10th Anniversary! 

Finalists: Kyle Chang, MJ Kang, Alexander Jun, Lowell Rojon, Sora Seung-Hyun Chung, Minzi.

The LA Story Slam, hosted by Ellie Lee, will feature a musical performance by Year of the OX and six storytelling finalists will be competing live for cash awards with a distinguished panel of judges.

Finalists: Stephanie Kim, Sam Yu, Cassie Chee, Deb Kim, Steve Han, Kris Kim.

The Chicago Story Slam, hosted by Mia Park, will feature a comedy set by Eunji Kim and six storytelling finalists will be competing live for cash awards with a distinguished panel of judges.

We thank and celebrate our honorees – Andy Kim, Kristen Kish, and Kyung B. Yoon – who shared their wonderful stories. A big thank you to our fantastic NYC Story Slam 2019 winners, Jen Kim and Claire Choi, our musical performer Year of the Ox, and our fabulous host Vivian Lee. We hope many of you can join us next year for our special 10th Anniversary! 

Finalists: Britt Adams, Doug Kim, Ida Soon-ok Hart, Grace Cho, Angelica Yi, M.J. Kang

The LA Story Slam will be hosted by rapper Lyricks from YOX, feature a musical performance by rapper Rekstizzy and six storytelling finalists will be competing live for cash awards.

Finalists: Claire Choi, Jen Kim, John Oh, Jimin Hong, Suyeon Hong

The NYC Story Slam will be hosted by TV/Film Actor Daniel K. Isaac, feature a musical performance by hip hop artist HeeSun Lee and five storytelling finalists will be competing live for cash awards.

We thank our honorees, Tereza Lee, Joon H. Kim and Diana Son, who shared their wonderful stories. We give our heartfelt thanks to the Story Slam performers, Anthony Luckett and David Choi, who moved us to laugh and cry.

Finalists: David Choi, Anthony Luckett, Kyung B. Yoon, Gina Kim, Peter Hamilton, Joey Kim

The ROAR Story Slam is back! Sponsored by CKA and produced by yours truly, KoreanAmericanStory.org. This time, we have two categories: Narrative Story & Poetry/Spoken Word. For both categories, we seek entries in which you share your personal Korean American experience. We’d love to hear your story!

Special thanks to our honorees Martha Crawford, Jeannie Park, and Brian Tee for sharing their truly inspiring personal stories and to the incredible beatboxer and live-looper, Sung Lee, who amazed the audience.

Finalists: Jen Kim, Min-Woo Park, Eric Sharp, Eugenia Kim, Jeff Choh, Erica Lee