Fundraiser for The Public Library
$100 -1st Place Prize
Free - Registration fee to compete in the Individual Spoken Word Challenge, October 3, 2009.
You must be over 18 to participate. Representatives will process applications on a First Come-First Served basis. Strictly limited to 1 per participant. See Rules for details.
All participants must be registered by 5:00 PM October 3rd 2009.
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Rules
· Each poem must be of the poet's own construction;
· Each poet gets three minutes (plus a ten-second grace period) to read one poem. If the poet goes over time, points will be deducted from the total score.
· The poet may not use props, costumes or musical instruments;
· Of the scores the poet received from the five judges, the high and low scores are dropped and the middle three are added together, giving the poet a total score of 0-30.
Competition is open to all who wish to compete. If there are more participants than available time slots, competitors will be chosen at random from registered names.
Format
In a Spoken Word Challenge, members of the audience are chosen by an M.C. or host to act as judges for the event. After each poet performs, each judge awards a score to that poem. Scores generally range between zero and ten.
The highest and lowest score are dropped, giving each performance a rating between zero and thirty points. In the standard slam, there are five judges. Before the competition begins, the host will often bring up a "sacrificial poet," which the judges will score in order to calibrate their judging.
A single round at a slam consists of performances by all eligible poets. Most slams last multiple rounds, and many involve the elimination of lower-scoring poets in successive rounds. A standard elimination rubric might run 8-4-2, with eight poets in the first round, four in the second, and two in the last. Some slams do not eliminate poets at all.
Props, costumes, and music are generally forbidden in slams. Additionally, most slams enforce a time limit of three minutes (and a grace period of ten seconds), after which a poet's score may be docked according to how long the poem exceeded the limit.
All participants must be registered by 5:00 PM October 3rd 2009.
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