SHIRTS!

Our shirts have been ordered!!! They should arrive just in time for competition! Cross your fingers!

Competition breakdown

Teams can consist of 3-6 students there are three rounds of competition in which the poems are scored from 1-10 by 5 judges, the lowest and highest of the 5 scores are cut and the middle three scores are added for the total score for that round. teams will automatically go for two rounds and their score from those two rounds will determine if they make it to the final round. teams should use there strongest poems first but it doesn't matter if they are individual or team pieces. a team can use 3 separate individual poems, 3 team poems, or a combination they're scores will still be counted together.

Rules: 

all poems must be under 3 minutes with a 30 second grace period

there is no profanity allowed 

all poets must be present before 5pm

there is no discrimination against content, creative expression is encouraged

NEW UPDATES ON APRIL 18TH (TAKE NOTES CONTEST)

All interested slammers are required to attend this one day mandatory registration and workshop in order to compete in the competition on April 18th. 

You cannot compete on April 18th if you do not participate in this registration.

Come prepared with the following items:

• 1 poem
• An official school or Florida ID
• Something to Take Notes!! (Paper and writing utensils)

Registration Location:

April 4th 4:00-7:00pm

Belafonte Tacolcy Center

6161 NW 9th AVE 33127

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Take Notes: Page 2!!! Compete for the title of Best Poet in Miami Dade County. Over 200 youth expected in attendance!!!

Take Notes Poetry Contest

When: April 18th

Where: North Miami Senior High Auditorium

Time: 6pm Doors Open 5pm

Hosted by: "Unbroken Pieces"

Due to limited performance spots, only a select few will be able to go. Have your poems memorized and performance ready when school starts again! Also, teams are more likely to get spots so think about collaborating together!!

Watch this short commercial video to learn more about this contest!

Piano Slam Contest

If you want to participate in the PIANO SLAM, poems are due April 5th!

If you are interested, but want to learn more, watch this 5 minute video! Also, visit http://www.pianoslam.org/ for poem guidelines.

Have your poems typed out and emailed to reasonforexisting@gmail.com no later than April 4th!

New Club T-Shirt Design

I've been working on a potential design for our club t's (click to enlarge). Leave a comment and let me know what you think!