Gorilla Slam

Gloucester

Friday 25th October 2019

19.00 - 23.00 pm

Venue: Tiger's Eye Restaurant, Gloucester

It’s back, Gloucester’s own annual Poetry Slam at the Tigers Eye.

Hosting the event will be the phenomenal Chloe Jacquet (@ChloeJPoetry) and the awesome Nick Lovell.
See Slam Champions perform or even take part yourself!
All are welcome.

To enter please email chloejacquet@hotmail.com or message @ChloeJPoetry

Gorilla Slam Rules

The Gorilla Poetry Slam will be held at The Old Bell, 9A Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1TG

Prior to the event contestants will need to provide a short bio (approximately 30 Words)

The order of performance in each round will be by a random draw of the poets’ names from a hat.

Poems do not have to be memorised.
 
There will be three elimination rounds of 15, then 10, then 5 contestants. This could change if fewer entries are received.

Disqualification will occur for use of non-original poems.

It’s not a singing contest.

No props or musical instruments.

Contestants will be judged on their poetic content/performance.

The score will consist of three judge scores combined.

3 slam judges will be picked on the night from the audience by the comperes.

Any poet found to have performed a poem that is not their own original work will be disqualified.
 
The time will start at the first utterance, even if it is not part of the poem, so any time spent saying “hello” or introducing the poem(s) will be counted.
 
In each round, each poet will have up to 3 minutes to perform one original poem, and poets must perform a different poem(s) in each round.

Going over the 3 minute time limit will incur a 1 point deduction from the poet’s final score per 10 seconds started over the time limit. For example: You will lose one point if you exceed 3 minutes by between 1 second and 10 seconds. You will lose 2 points if you exceed 3 minutes by between 11 seconds and 20 seconds, and so on.

Each judge, in each round, will award each poet a score out of 10 (decimal places allowed). The three scores will be added and any time points deducted to give a final score.

The top ten in the first round will go through to the semi-final. The top 5 in the semi-final will go through to the final.

The first round will be composed of 3 heats made up of 15 competitors (3 heats with 5 in each group).
The 3 highest scoring poets in each heat go through to the semi-final.
The single highest scoring contestant from the remaining poets will progress as well to total 10 poets in the semi-final.

The second round will consist of 2 heats with 5 poets in each heat.
The 2 highest scoring poets in each heat go through to the final.
The next highest scoring contestant from the remaining poets will progress as well to total 5 poets in the final.

The final round will consist of 1 heat made up of 5 competitors and the highest scoring poet will win the Gorilla Slam.

If there is a tie, there will be a Haiku Round as tie-breaker.
 
Prizes will be awarded to the winner.

Bonus will be awarded if Gorilla Costumes are worn and they are of a high standard. Please note this won't affect performance scores.

 

More details about Gorilla Slam (External Link)

 

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