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The first 1-2-3 poetry slam in RVA! Three rounds of intense spoken-word competition and $600 in cash prizes! This event is in partnership with VisArts for The Richmond Poetry Festival happening April 9th to the 12th.First round is the1 minute round.
Poems must be 1 minute or less
Second round is a the 2 minute round
Poems must be 2 minutes or less
Third round is the 3 minute round.
Poems must be 3 minutes or less
1st place wins $300
2nd place wins $200
3rd place wins $100
$20 registration to compete
Free and open to the public
1812 W Main St, Richmond, VA 23220
https://www.visarts.org for info
Hosted by Roscoe Burnems
Rules #InTheDen
- There are 3 elimination rounds. All registered poets will compete in the first round, the top scores will move forward in the competion that night. We start with a maximum of 12 poets. 6 move on to the second round. 3 move on to the last round
-Each round is clean slate. We do not add the scores together from previous rounds
-Poems must be your original work
-poems are scored by 5 judges on a scale of 0.0 to 10.0. the highest and lowest scores are dropped. The three remaining score are totaled giving a poet their score for that round. the highest score a poem can receive is a 30.
-The order of performances is determined during the slam via a random draw. The host will pull names out of a hat each round
-poets get the maximum amount of time for the round and a 10 second grace to perform. anything second over that results in a 0 for that round. The time starts once the poet engages the audience either by addressing the crowd verbally or doing a purposeful movement that infers the performance has started.
-no props are allowed onstage. you may read from a page or device but do not make reference to the page or device because it will be considered a prop at that point. violation of the prop rule will result in disqualification
contact @RoscoeBurnems or @thewritersdenrva to register.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 W Main St,Richmond, Virginia, United States
