August 24th King of the South Slam. $500 in prize money! This is an Invitational Poetry Slam only featuring the top male poets in the South East. You don't want to miss this exciting high-energy poetry slam that will spotlight emerging and veteran poetic artists who identify as a male from across four states. This historical, original all-male poetry slam is held in Greenville South Carolina!
Early bird tickets $10 till August 22 Midnight. Only 64 tickets for sale. Tickets KOS Name to $witsendpoetry or eventbrite. https://kos2025.eventbrite.com
Audience tickets are available via Eventbrite.
Contact Kimberly Simms or ShAy Black to sign up
Registered Poets List. REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
- Azar King, Greenville
- Atlas, Williamsburg, VA
- Black Phoenix, Greenville
- Chev, Atlanta/NY
- Dove Dupree, Union, SC
- Justin Blackburn, Asheville
- Moses Freeman, Columbia
- Nathan Wallace, Atlanta
- Southern Stylz, Greenville
Volunteers have been assigned.
Sign-up to be a volunteer at the poetry slam!
http://witsendpoetry.blogspot.com/p/volunteer.html
SLAM RULES
1. Prize Money: First Prize $350
Second Prize $100
Third Prize $50
In the event of a tie, judges will vote on the winner OR the two champions can opt to each receive $175. And the 2nd place will receive $50. (With no 3rd place).
2. Bout draw is at 7:15pm 10 Poets. No Waiting List. No refunds.
3. This is a three-round poetry slam. 9-6-3 Cut.
- The first two rounds of the competition are cumulative with the first round featuring 9 poets then cutting down to 6. The final round will feature only the top 3 poets and will be a clean slate. Standard tournament slam rules apply. Prop, plagiarism or costume violations will result in [-2 ] points from the score for that round. There will not be a tiebreaker round, judges will vote for the winner. If there is a tie during preliminary rounds, up to one additional poet may advance in some cases. Poets should bring at least 3 poems. Poems do not need to be memorized but memorization will help your score. Learn more about slam at http://www.witsendpoetry.com/whatisslam.html.
5. The Time Limit. 3:00 minute time limit. At 3:10:01 a time penalty will be assessed. A poet is certainly allowed several full seconds to adjust the microphone and get settled, but as soon as s/he makes a connection with the audience (“Hey look, she’s been standing there for 10 seconds and hasn’t even moved”), the timekeeper can start the clock. After 3:00 minutes, there is a 10-second grace period (for example: (in the 3 minute rotation) up to and including 3:10:00). Starting at one hundredth of a second over the grace period, a penalty is automatically deducted of .5 from the poet’s overall score, and an additional .5 is deducted for each additional 10 seconds. THE MC/BM MAY STOP THE POET AT 4:00 MINUTES.
6. Influencing the Crowd Before the Bout Begins. Poets are allowed to talk casually with anyone in the crowd before the bout begins (except the judges, if they have already been chosen). They are not, however, allowed to give anything to the audience or have anyone do this for them. See full PSI
tournament rules for more information.
7. Kimberly Simms will adjudicate any protests.
INVITATIONAL NOTES:
First Prize $350
Second Prize $100
Third Prize $50
In the event of a tie, before judges vote, the two champions can opt to each receive $175.
And the 2nd place will receive $50. (With no 3rd place).