About this Event
This special VARSITY edition of the CandleLIT Poetry Slam will happen on Thursday December 4th at the Bath Brew House, upstairs in the Tank Room!
Join us for the tense excitement of Bath Spa University and University of Bath poets going head to head with words, plus our featured artist who won last month's slam REBECCA ROCKER!
[ Rebecca's Bio ]
This month the slam is not open entry, as each University's poetry teams compete. Come along and pick a side, and we'll be back to our regular slam on January 7th!
The slam winner gets a 10 minute paid set at the next month’s slot, a trophy (of sorts), and entrance into the Grand Slam to compete for the title of Bath Slam Champion AND the team take home the VARSITY trophy for 2025.
The rules:
- You have 3 minutes. You have a ten second 'grace period' after the 3 minutes ends. After that, points are deducted for every 5 seconds you go over. For example: -5 points at 3.11. -10 points at 3.16. Your time begins from your first word or gesture to the audience (including introductions but not including a concise content warning).
- You must be the original author of the poem (if a group poem then you must between you have created all the content). This also means no AI.
- If you reference or quote someone else's work, it should be a very minor amount of the poem and where possible be credited unless an obvious well known quote that everyone would know isn't your work.
- No nudity.
- No props. No costumes. No backing tracks or instruments.
- No hate speech, defined as disparaging a group or person with less power than you. Examples include (but are not limited to) racism, transphobia, ableism, homophobia, ageism, descrimination based on religion or nationality.
- Please use the microphone, as this is for accessibility of our audience members using hearing aids that connect to the PA system.
- The majority of your poem should be spoken. It may contain less than 25% singing. No backing tracks or instruments.
- Whilst you do not have to perform in English, the judges can only judge what they can understand. So we recommend having a majority of English in your poem.
- Last rule is a traditional rule within the poetry slam community: the point is not the point, the point is the poetry! Remember that by having an audience's captive attention for 3 minutes you have already won. So enjoy it!
The event organisers have the final say on disqualifications and they can disqualify any poet for any reason.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bath Brew House, 14 James Street West, Bath, United Kingdom
GBP 4.00 to GBP 5.50
