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The DeLand Fall Festival will once again feature the 2026 Fall Festival Grand Slams!Over $2000 in cash and prizes will be up for grabs! Two incredible Poetry Slams and Open Mics, one each day of the festival!!!!
Poets will compete for $750 Saturday and $750 Sunday. First place $500. Second place $150. Third place $100. First place each day will also win a berth to a national level poetry slam. Berths are not transferable, so if the first place poet is unable to go, the next highest scores that can attend will go. If the same poet wins both days, the second berth will go to the highest placing poet from both days of competition that is able to attend.
Each Grand Slam will be 3 rounds. 1st round by random draw, 2nd round from high to low from first round, third round order will be from a redraw. All poets will perform two poems. The three highest cumulative scores advance to the final round. Last round is clean slate. We will limit the Grand Slam field to only 8 poets per day. Ties after first two rounds will not be broken, an additional poet will advance to final round. Tie after third round will be broken by an additional scored round until the tie is broken.
Each day's slam will begin at 1pm in Downtown DeLand in Chess Park. And each day will also feature an Open Mic afterwards with a prize for Most Inspirational Poem each day! If you're a poet in Volusia County, feel free to show up and get on the mic during our Open Mic segments!
Poets may compete in the slams only one of the days or both days. The poets who win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd on Saturday may not repeat ANY poem if they compete on Sunday.
Open Mic segments will be each day after the slams have ended.
Poets may email [email protected] for more Grand Slams info! Registration is free, but must include a pic and short bio received by October 25th.
This event sponsored by MainStreet Art and Culture Slam of DeLand, Creative Happiness Institute, and the Fall Festival Of The Arts DeLand.
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Chess Park, DeLand, Florida, United States
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