Our theme this month was Emergency! We heard stories about injuries and other medical emergencies, being trapped, overreacting, and even a couple of fires. Michelle Macera won with her story about a mystery involving an unseen intruder paying visits to her college apartment.

Michelle is pictured here with this month's host, Aaron Spangler. Michelle earned a spot in our Grand Slam in November.

Watch videos of all the stories from that night here.

We were very pleased to introduce our new sponsor, Our York Media, who we're partnering with for the remainder of the 2017 season. In addition to underwriting some of our expenses to keep our ticket prices low, they'll be reposting the winning stories from our monthly events over on their website. We are thrilled to partner with this community-minded, storytelling-oriented business!

Tickets for our August story slam are on sale now. Our events usually sell out in advance, so get your tickets now! The theme is Food Stories.