# Event Details - **Event Name**: 1-2-3 Slam at the 2026 Poetry Festival - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: The 1-2-3 Poetry Slam is BACK in RVA! A fast-paced three round competition of intense spoken-word poetry and $600 in cash prizes! This event is in partnership with VisArts for The Richmond Poetry Festival happening April 10th and 11th. First round is the 1 minute round. Poems must be 1 minute or less Second round is a the 2 minute round Poems must be 2 minutes or less Third round is the 3 minute round. Poems must be 3 minutes or less 1st place wins $300 2nd place wins $200 3rd place wins $100 THE LIST IS FULL, but we will add your name to the wait list in case some drops out. The competing poets are: Breeze Moe Flowz Imajyn Dezz Maddie G Sunflower Mo Que Ronda Loves Pink Gravy Venus Liv Zbey The Poet Free and open to the public. Watch, cheer, be inspired, or even JUDGE the poetry slam! 1812 W Main St, Richmond, VA 23220 https://www.visarts.org for info Hosted by Roscoe Burnems Music by DJ Kinfolk 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 12 poets. 6 move on to the second round. 3 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 time for the round and a 10 second grace 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, costumes, musical accompaniment, or groups 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. Violation of the rules will result in disqualification Follow @RoscoeBurnems and @thewritersdenrva - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/richmond/1-2-3-slam-at-the-2026-poetry-festival/200029860525819 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, contests, live-music, spoken-word - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 483 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029860525819?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=richmond-events ## Event venue details - **city**: Richmond - **state**: VA - **country**: United States - **location**: Visual Arts Center of Richmond - **lat**: 37.548809680954 - **long**: -77.463894981285 - **full address**: Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 W Main St,Richmond, Virginia, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 2 - **organizer**: The Writer's Den RVA (https://allevents.in/org/the-writers-den-rva/8865915) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/d804ead788200ba15aa2e842c0a3cbcb53dadb1524749efb42e0ad6172bfa941-rimg-w1200-h1553-dcbea011-gmir?v=1775163015 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/06b3b396e1ed8bc07831969b5cfb5a94efa328973530e782a52a7a9ba2faebd1-rimg-w300-h300-dcbea010-gmir?v=1775163015 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-04:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 W Main St,Richmond, Virginia, United States - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The Writer's Den RVA - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, festivals, contests, live-music, spoken-word - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 1-2-3 Slam at the 2026 Poetry Festival ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "1-2-3 Slam at the 2026 Poetry Festival", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/d804ead788200ba15aa2e842c0a3cbcb53dadb1524749efb42e0ad6172bfa941-rimg-w1200-h1553-dcbea011-gmir?v=1775163015", "startDate": "2026-04-11T18:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-04-11T20:00:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/richmond/1-2-3-slam-at-the-2026-poetry-festival/200029860525819", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Visual Arts Center of Richmond", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1812 W Main St,Richmond, Virginia", "addressLocality": "Richmond", "addressRegion": "VA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "37.548809680954", "longitude": "-77.463894981285" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "The 1-2-3 Poetry Slam is BACK in RVA! 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