The Poetry Club Slam & Open Mic Night Experience

Are you ready for the best Open Mic & Slam Experience?

This year we will be rocking the color Green 💚 Shirt or full attire recommended.

Below youll find all the information you need to know about this epic event!

Guidelines for Open Mic:

• Sign up list will be available at 6:00pm.
• Open mic starts at 6:30pm sharp.
• 1 Poem, 2-3 minutes long. (5min on stage)

Guidelines for Slam:

10 slammers will compete for cash prizes and awards. Slam will start between 8-830pm.

Cash Prizes:

1st Place - $500

2nd Place - $100

3rd Place - $50

Payments will be sent vía Cashapp or PayPal and each participant must have both available in the event they are one of the winners.

Round 1:

• Each Poet has a time limite of 3 minutes and 15 seconds of grace to perform 1 poem.
• If the poet goes over time, .5 points will be deducted from the total score of the performance.
• Poem’s must be original works.
• No profanity, racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, bullying or racial slurs.
• No costumes, props or instruments
• The poet receives scores out of 10 from five selected judges. The high and low scores are dropped and the middle three are added together.

Round 2:

• Only 4 Poets will advance to Round 2.
• Time limit of 4 minutes on stage.
• 3 Poets will place.
• In the event of a tie, the top two poets face off in a final round.

We encourage our slammers to chose poems they can memorize and help them focus on their overall performance connecting with the judges and the audience.

Tickets are limited and will go fast for both open mic and slam so make sure to secure your spot today!

We can't wait to see you then!

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