ANIS MOJGANI is the 2006 and 2005 National Poetry Slam Individual Champion, one of two Storm Poets to hold the title and one of only two people to win the competition consecutively. At the 2007 World Cup Poetry Slam, Anis took first place becoming the first winner of the new competition and at the 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam, he took 2nd. He is louder then he realizes. He likes kickball. He likes sitting in movies alone. He used to ice cupcakes for a living. Now he makes tents out of bedrooms and bedsheets.

A sixth season Def Poet for HBO's Def Poetry Jam, he has shared the stage with such performers as Jill Scott, Beau Sia, DMX, Sage Francis and Buddy Wakefield. His work has appeared on NPR, in the literary journal Rattle, and in the recent anthology, Spoken Word Revolution Redux, alongside Poet Laureates Ted Kooser and Billy Collins. The 2006 Seattle Grand Slam Champion, Anis is also one of the subjects of the documentary, Slam Planet: War of the Words (www.slamchannel.com), and holder of the longest eyelashes you've ever seen.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Anis has written and published four books of poetry and produced the spoken word album aeroplane. He heavily dislikes possums, has skinny arms, and is a Baha'i. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon, in a white house with three friends and a cat named Ivan, where he is drawing a book with poems about a boy and a whale to be published by House of Parlance Media.