Olympian+Poetry+Slam

Poetry Slam Information

Olympian Poetry Slam: Poet will read a poem of the poet’s own construction – each poet gets two to three minutes to read his or her poem – poet may not use props, costumes, or musical instruments
 * What?**

Time: 11:38 A.M. to 12:26 P.M Dates: Heat 1 – February 15th - 16th – 17th --- 10 contestants will compete each day and a 1st and 2nd place winner will be chosen for each day – six winning poets will then move onto Heat two Heat 2 - March 14th – six contestants compete – three semi finalists chosen Heat 3 – April 18th – three semi finalists compete – first place winner chosen
 * When?**

Contestants: high school students in grades 9 through 12 Judges Judges: Panel of three faculty members and two student judges Audience: Mrs. Miller’s Creative Writing class and other English classes
 * Who?**

High School Library
 * Where?**

First Place Winner will receive a check for fifty dollars and a framed certificate. His or her poem will be published in The Flame: Jim Thorpe High School’s Literary Magazine
 * Why?**

To enter, submit your poem to Mrs. Miller by Friday, February 3rd – 30 contestants will be chosen and notified by Monday, February 6th – Poems cannot contain vulgarity or explicit sexual references – the performance of your poem must be more than two minutes in duration, but not exceed three minutes in duration.
 * How?**


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 * Check out the following links to view actual poetry slam presentations by students:**

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CHECK THE RUBRIC BELOW TO SEE HOW YOU POEM WILL BE SCORED