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Preliminary Bouts (8 teams) Saturday, 4/2|1:00 pm-5:00 pm|UrbArts|2600 N 14th street Schedule details available soon!

VQ Rules (as adapted from BNV 2015) There must be a minimum of four people on each team. There is no maximum size for teams throughout the competition. However, no more than 6 poets per team are eligible to compete during a single bout (slam). The coach must submit a roster of poet competing at each bout. No more than 4 poets on the stage or on mic at any time during a bout. Using BNV’s definition, “on the stage” means a part – any part – of the poem including from the stage, backstage, or the audience.  Team members must be between 13 – 19 years old (cannot turn 20 before July 18, 2016) Each team must have a minimum of one adult chaperon (over the age of 21) for the team.  ​ Teams must prepare at least one individual poem per member.  All of the work used in the Slam must be original writing by the individuals performing.  Teams that plagiarize will be disqualified. Plagiarism, as defined by Miriam ­Webster, is to steal and pass off (the ideas and words of another) as one’s own; use another’s work without crediting the source; to commit literary theft; present as new and original an idea or  product derived from an existing source.  Scores will be announced…