Poetry Center San José presents the San José Poetry Slam - Zoom Edition

Come join us for a free poetry slam competition from the comfort of your own home.

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Zoom opens for slam sign-up from 6:30–7pm (California time). Poetry Slam starts at 7pm.

Hosted by Scorpiana Xlent!

Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

For more information, check out and message us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/3702563880025925

If you have never been to a Poetry Slam before, a poetry slam is a competition, imagine spoken word poetry as an olympic sport. The rules are simple:1) Poets must use their own poems. 2) poet must use only one poem per round. 3) no musical accompaniment. 4)no props. 5) there is a time limit of 3 minutes and 10 seconds. going over that will result in a time penalty. 6) poets must have video on while performing or there will be a 3-point penalty deduction.

This is a two-round slam, poets with the highest scores will move up to round two.

You can sign up to compete via the chat box in the Zoom room.

If you're not competing, we could use judges.

Please remember to submit a quick audience survey to help us improve our logistics and content and report to our funders and sponsors. Here is the link to the survey: https://bit.ly/3M63VqH

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Poetry Center San José's mission is to nurture and promote diverse literary expression in our community as a means of exploring, defining, and enriching the human experience.

In furtherance of our mission, we offer programs and services to stimulate passion for the literary arts and to inspire and support emerging and established writers. We collaborate with other organizations to ensure that these programs and services reflect the diversity of our community and to involve people from a wide range of backgrounds as audience and members. Contact us!