BUSBOYS AND POETS Present: the BELTWAY POETRY SLAM DC WOWPS FINALS 1.28.20
Date and Time
Jan 28, 2020 8:00 pm
Location
Brookland
Jan 28, 2020 8:00 pm
Brookland
Busboys and Poets Presents the Beltway Slam: DC WOWPS FINALS 2020
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2020 Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals
4 of the most phenomenal poets from the DMV Poetry Scene will compete in 4 specialty rounds of poetry, in order to determine the champion who will represent Washington D.C. Metro area at the upcoming
2020 WOMEN OF THE WORLD POETRY SLAM in Dallas, TX
PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THEM!
HOSTED BY: PAGES MATAM
7:30 PM- Doors/ Slam sign up
8:00 PM- Show
Judges - Charity Blackwell, Kim Marshall, Yvonne Brown,
COMPETITORS - TBD (Will Be Announced at the Event)
With Sounds By - DJ Double A1K
FEATURING: TIANNA BRATCHER
Tianna is a Queer, Black, woman, sister, and auntie originally from Anchorage, Alaska and is now residing in Oakland, California. She has been published in The Shade Journal, was the 2016 winner of Best Love poem at Collegiate Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, placed 5th at the National Poetry Slam 2017, 2018-2019 fellow at The Watering Hole, and a 2017 Queer Emerging Artist Resident at Destiny ARTS. She has a BA in Interdisciplinary studies and dreams of opening a creative arts youth center. Her work centers reclamation of the body, Black girl/womanhood, healing through generational trauma and shaking ass.
Tianna is a twerk influencer, Steven Universe lover and spends much of her free time admiring trees.
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ALL THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE SLAM MUST ARRIVE BY 7:30 AND BUY THEIR TICKETS IN PERSON!!
$5 Cover. On the day of the event, tickets can be purchased online starting at midnight and in the restaurant starting at 10:00 AM (cash only). No refunds. Ticket purchase limit of 4 per person. Guests must have their wristbands (tickets) on upon entering the event.
Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis. No saved or reserved seats are allowed. Failure to check-in within 30 minutes of advertised start time may result in forfeiture of seats.
Rules and Procedures for 2020-2021 Season
Each open slam will be two rounds. Standard PSI rules apply (3 minutes, own work, no props, etc). The first round will have 12-15 poets and the order will be by random draw. The top eight poets from the first round will move on to the second round and the order will be high to low from the first round.
Participation by Lottery:
The list for the night will be held by the Bout Manager. Poets MUST speak with the Bout Manager in person on the night of the slam to be placed on the list. Doors open 8:30 pm. The slam list opens at 8:45 pm. Slam begins at 9 pm.
The Draw (if there are more than 12 poets):
The draw will happen at 8:50 SHARP. If there is a lottery, the pull to determine who is slamming will also determine the order in which they will compete. Poets MUST be present at the time of the lottery/draw. If a poet’s name is pulled for a lottery and they are not present or very easily locatable, they forfeit their place and are not eligible for the bonus entry described above. If there is no lottery and a poet is not present or easily locatable during the draw, that poet will compete first; if they are still not present when their name is called during the first round, they will not slam that night. Specialty Slam Dates and Info: Team semi-finals:
The top 12 poets from the season will compete with 3-minute poems. Any poem from the season can be repeated for the semifinals/finals but you cannot repeat the same poem(s) you do in semifinals in finals.
Only the top eight advances to the finals in April. The top eight order also decides the order of first-round in Finals (i.e. if you won semis, you go last, etc…)
Team finals: April
Top four make up the team with the Grand Slam Champion. Poets will compete in a three round slam (all three-minute poems) where the four poets with the highest cumulative score will be named the team for the National Poetry Slam that year. Poets may not repeat poems from semi-finals. The team may opt to allow the 5th place poet on the team as an additional member.
Slam for WOWPS (Qualifiers, then Top Four in Finals)
Slam for IWPS (Grand Slam Champ gets an automatic bid into IWPS Finals, everyone else goes to IWPS Qualifiers and Top Three + Grand Slam Champion go to IWPS Finals)