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Just after National Poetry Month, we are ready to hear the NEW Sh**. This poetry slam is for work from THIS YEAR ONLY. We only want NEW work, untested poems, non-memorized poems, recently written pieces, poetry that still has that fresh ink smell. We want to celebrate your recent creativity. Sign-up to compete AT THE DOOR
$10 admission
Doors open at 7pm
Show at 8pm
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 10 poets. 7 move on to the second round. 4 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 3 minutes and 10 seconds 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
- winner of that night will receive a small cash prize.
contact Roscoe Burnems or DM @thewritersdenrva on IG for more info
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Addis Ethiopian Restaurant, 9 N 17th St,Richmond,VA,United States