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Welcome to the Super Slam Week page!

Each year at the end of Super Slam Week we hold the Houston Slam Team Grand Slam Final at the end of which four of the top ranking finalists become the Houston Slam Team for that season. The Houston Slam Team represents our local city wide slam at the National Poetry Slam. If you are a poet interested in making the Houston Slam Team and going to the National Poetry Slam then check out this page to see where, when, and how you can qualify.

 

October 16 , 2008

This is the second open qualifier for the 2008 -2009 Houston Poetry Slam season. The qualifying season for Houston Poetry Slam continues with this slam open to any and all poets. Poets who finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place receive ranking points to qualify them for good positions in Super Slam Week prelims and the chance to make the 2009 Houston Slam Team. Any poets wanting to be enter Super Slam Week ranked need to arrive at this open slam by 7:30 @ the White Swan in the historic 2nd ward.

September 4, 2008

This is the first open qualifier for the 2008 -2009 Houston Poetry Slam season. The new season for Houston Poetry Slam begins with this slam open to any and all poets. Poets who finish 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th place receive ranking points to qualify them for good positions in Super Slam Week prelims and the chance to make the 2009 Houston Slam Team. Any poets wanting to be enter Super Slam Week ranked need to come to this open slam @ the White Swan in the historic 2nd ward.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are the 3 steps to getting on the 2009 Houston Slam Team.

1. Register for Super Slam Week
3. Make it into the Super Slam Week final.
4. Be one of the top four finalist.

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Questions and Answers.

How do I register for Super Slam Week?
By slamming in any or all qualifying slams before Super Slam Week to get 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or at least 4th place which earns you a seed based on your ranking. Or sign up here online at www.houstonpoetryslam.org as an unseeded poet. Or you can show up at the start of Super Slam Week to sign up in person.

Where do I go to compete in a qualifier slam before Super Slam Week?
Keep checking our myspace page (myspace.com/houstonpoetryslam) or here at www.houstonpoetryslam.org for the times and venues for at least three qualifier slams.

Do I need a ranking?
You don't need a ranking to slam in Super Slam Week, but you should want a ranking to avoid the random draw for positions at the start of a slam. Each slam begins with a random drawing to determine the order of poets in the first round: ABCD. The highest ranking poets in the Super Slam Week final earn the privilege of choosing their position in the 1st round. Unseeded poets must receive their position in the first round  by random draw.

When is Super Slam Week?
Sometime in late January or early February. The schedule is being finalized.

What are the rules of a slam?
While every local slam is unique, all slams include these BASIC rules: no props, no costumes, no musical accompaniment, and all your poems must be written by you, and performed in 3 minutes (with a ten second grace period).

 

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