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Poetry slams, open mics or special events every Wednesday at AvantGarden in Houston, Texas. To stay up-to-date visit wanpoetry.comJoin the Write About Now Poetry community. Become a supporter through our Facebook page today. By subscribing today, not only will you help us produce more amazing live shows and poetry videos, but you'll also receive exclusive access to our virtual cash slams, weekly virtual writing groups, writing workshops, writing challenges, newly released footage, in-store discounts and more! And if you're a member, it's only $5 to enter the show instead of the $8 cover. Click the blue "Become Supporter" button to join today. And just pull up our Facebook page to show you're a member when you pay at the door.
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A poetry slam is a competitive event in which poets perform their work and are judged by members of the audience. Typically, the host or another organizer selects the judges, who are instructed to give numerical scores (on a zero to 10 scale) based on the poets' content and performance. The high score and the low score are dropped and the rest are added to give the poet their score for that round. The scores are added across the rounds and a final score it tallied and the top 3 scores win cash prizes. 2 Rounds.
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1st place: $50
2nd place: $30
3rd place: $20
Our featured poet: Katya Zinn
Katya Zinn is a performance poet, educator, and aspiring woodland creature currently based in the Boston-area neighborhood of Jamaica Plain.
Her first chapbook-length collection of poems, human verses, was released by Finishing Line Press in March 2021. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's of Science in Expressive Art Therapy from Lesley University in 2019. In 2020, she received a Fulbright scholarship to teach English and spoken word poetry to high-schoolers on the island of Borneo, but was unfortunately evacuated by the U.S. embassy midway through her residency when COVID hit Southeast Asia. Manic-depressive Pixie Dream Girl is her first full-length collection of stories, essays, and poems, currently available for preorder from Game Over Books.
Zinn is the winner of the Selase Williams Social Activism Through the Arts Award, first-place in the 2019 Words Aloud International poetry contest, and (more importantly) 'Bestest Teacher in the Universe,' according to a crayon certificate that lives in her wallet. When not shouting metaphors to mostly-strangers in dive bars, Katya works as a teaching artist and equity director of a children's education nonprofit, where she’s currently working on a pilot program to provide free therapeutic mentorship in the arts for children with disabilities in need of financial aid. You can find Katya on Twitter or Instagram at @zinnvisibleink, or by performing a simple conjuring spell at the next full moon.
Check out Katya's website: https://zinnvisibleink.com
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
411 Westheimer Rd. Houston, Texas 77006, Houston, United States
Tickets
USD 8 to USD 45