ROGUE POETRY SLAM
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Rogue Valley's place for poets to compete in a three round competition - watch for dates. Cash prizes
04/08/2024
URGENT!! Calendar SNAFU - Poetry Slam not happening tonight but NEXT SUNDAY!
03/16/2024
We had a small but mighty group today.
I met someone new who shared his poetry. He’s not really into competing, so probably won’t SLAM with us.
We got to talking, and if we’re doing a SLAM quarterly in Ashland, on the other two months of that quarter we could do one month in Medford and one in Grants Pass.
We could start with readings like the one at Barnes & Noble and keep it low-key. See if anyone wants to build it into a SLAM.
We’ll be working on some details.
Oh - and I’ll be working on a piece of art inspired by the opening lines of his poem. I can’t wait to share that. Oh my word - CHILLS!!
Rogue Poetry Slam is teaming up with Barnes & Noble for a Poetry Gathering!
Saturday, March 16
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Actually EVERY THIRD Saturday
1400 Biddle Rd
Medford, OR
Come join us. Winners of recent events often stop by to share in a more intimate setting. All are welcome.
03/16/2024
Rogue Poetry Slam is teaming up with Barnes & Noble for a Poetry Gathering!
Saturday, March 16
12:30 - 2:00 pm
Actually EVERY THIRD Saturday
1400 Biddle Rd
Medford, OR
Come join us. Winners of recent events often stop by to share in a more intimate setting. All are welcome.
01/21/2024
The JANUARY SLAM RESULTS!!
We had another fabulous night at The Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant last Sunday.
It is exciting to see our poets bringing their entourages! Several poets are bringing enough friends to fill long tables or two tables put together. Way to rally your raving fans!!
Again, we had some new voices. It takes courage to stand up in front of strangers and share your heart. We so appreciate it! The first night competing may not land you in the top four, but keep coming back. You’ll get your footing and figure out how to play to the crowd in no time. We can’t wait to see you in the spotlight winning the big bucks.
And, believe it or not, Josh (who takes first place regularly) has told me he would love to have someone beat him. Bring it!!!
Okay, the results:
In FOURTH Place (lower right) and getting her door money back - MADELEINE SKLAR - One of your poems literally floored me. It took a minute before I could stand up and get back to the mic. WOW!
In THIRD place (lower left) - First time to our Slam - way to go!! - and taking home $78 - MORI D SAMEL-GURLOFF. So powerful. We can’t wait to hear more from you.
In SECOND Place (top right) - ALAN - taking $117 prize money - Can you believe he’s new to writing poetry? He makes it look so easy. Always love your work!
And in FIRST Place (top left) - our current, indisputable front runner, always a crowd favorite - JOSH GROSS - with the top dollar prize of $195! Josh has taught a workshop for us on Slam Poetry. I took notes because he is so talented and knows how to rock that first place win nearly every time.
Kudos to you all.
Thank you to everyone who came out either as audience members, or judges - we couldn’t do this without you - and every single poet who stepped foot on our stage. You were all AMAZING!
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A brief description of what is expected of Slam Poets and Judges:
RULES FOR SLAM POETS
Poems can be on any subject and in any style.
Each poem must be an original piece performed by the author.
No props.
No costumes.
Performances are timed and should not exceed 3 minutes.
There will be a 10 sec. grace period beyond the 3 min. time limit.
A .5 penalty will be assessed for every 10 sec. over 3min 10 sec.
Timing starts when the performance or sound begins.
No musical instruments or prerecorded music.
Each poem may only be used once during the quarter, March, April and May.
RULES FOR SLAM JUDGES
Judges are selected at random from the audience (no experience needed)
Five judges are used and each is asked to leave their personal bias at home.
Scores are from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest), using any decimal point (.2, .6, .8 etc.) to reduce the chance of ties.
Judges are asked to rate on performance or presentation of the poem and on the content of the poem (was it well-written, did it make sense - doesn't matter if you agreed with the content).
At the same time, judges hold up one score when asked by the Slam Master
The high and low scores are discarded and the three remaining scores are added together to give the poet a single score for the poem.
The S.M. will then announce the poet's scores for the round out loud.
Any dispute will be settled at the discretion of the Slam Master.
This is a 3 round competition. At the end of Round #1 the scores will be compared and approx. 50% of Poets will continue to Round #2.
Round #2 will mirror the first. Poets will present, be judged and some will move into Round #3 where 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Poets will share the wealth of the Door pot.
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The Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant, 51 N Main Street
Ashland, OR
97520
