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The Rules
What is a poetry slam?
A poetry slam is a competitive poetry format where poets compete using original works to perform in front of a live audience.
These poets are scored by three judges selected from the audience minutes before the slam begins, scoring each poem from
a scale of 0 to 10 based on performance and content.
How do I make Team Orlando?
To make Team Orlando, you must accrue enough points to be in the top 9 by April 2, 2009 to guarantee your spot in the Broken
Speech Grand Slam and then place in the top four at the Grand Slam to be invited to join Team Orlando. In the event any of
the top four are unable to remain on the team, we will fill that empty slot with the next qualified poet based on her standing
at the Grand Slam. Points are awarded on a modified scale where you get more points for beating more poets at a Broken Speech
Poetry Slam (i.e. place first in a slam of 9 poets, you get 8 points). Slammasters from other venues and poets under the
age of 21 (18 if the host city of that year's NPS allows underage poets to compete) are not eligible to be on Team Orlando,
but are more than welcome to slam.
See you...at the SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slammaster j. bradley
j. bradley is the Founder/Slammaster of the Broken Speech Poetry Slam. He is a five time member of Team Orlando, the 2005
Broken Speech Grand Slam Champion and his mom thinks he's hella cool. check out his performance page at myspace.com/jbradley.
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