Sept Poetry Slam at Round Table in Garnerville NY -- $100 prize

We're currently holding a poetry slam the first Saturday of each month.

What's a poetry slam? It's a performance poetry competition judged by the audience. We use anonymous whole-room voting, so everybody in the audience gets to decide how the slam goes. CShep is hosting this one.

If you want to complete in the slam, bring at least 3 original poems, each of duration 5 minutes or less.

Show consists of:

• short open mic [4 people max]
• a poetry slam limited to 8 folk; the slam'll be 3 rounds with poets eliminated each round
• a $5-$10 cover (sliding scale: $10 if you can manage $10, otherwise $5)
• prizes: $100 for first place, $25 for second place

Sign-ups and doors open at 6:30 PM; sign-ups close at 7:00 and the show proper starts at about 7:02.

CART captioning is available with sufficient advance notice.

Slam format/rules @ https://www.rocklandpoets.org/slam-format-rules

New no-repeat rule:
Any poem read in the first round of the slam must be a poem you have never used in competition in any round of our slam before. It's okay if you read it in an open mic or used it at some slam out of town. Second and third round you can use old stuff, but first round poem must be new-to-us.