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RULES FOR SLAM POETS
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Poems can be on any subject and in any style.
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Each poem must be an original piece performed by the author.
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No props.
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No costumes.
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Performances are timed and should not exceed 3 minutes. Timing starts
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when the
performance or
sound begins.
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No musical instruments
(leave the drum set home) or prerecorded music.
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Each poem may only be used
once during the competition.
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RULES FOR SLAM JUDGES
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Judges are selected at
random from the audience (no experience
needed)
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Five judges are used and
each is asked to leave their
personal bias at home.
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The high and low scores
are discarded and the three remaining scores are
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added together to give
the poet
a single score for the poem.
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Judges are asked to rate
50% on performance or presentation of the poem
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and 50% on the
content of the poem (was
it well-written, did it make sense -
doesn't matter if you agreed with the
content).
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Scores are from 0 (lowest)
to 10 (highest), using decimals to reduce the
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chance of ties -
(“0
infinity” is not a number, honest)
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At the
same time, judges hold up one score
(IE: 5.6, 8.7, 9.8, 10.0) when
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asked by the M.C.
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The M.C. then announces
the poet's scores out loud.
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