Poets, lyricists, emcees, artists, and anybody that has a voice, @jamesgetsit and @scuzzy presents an electrifying challenge for you, titled Poetry Slam.

Our mission is to engage the community by providing a platform to vocally express ourselves through poetry. We aim to encourage the community to support and acknowledge the creation and performance of poetry.

Rules

Must be your original work.
The theme of the week must be incorporated.
The time limit is 2 minutes (NOT the traditional 3 minutes).
Only 1 entry per person per week
"Poetry Slam Week 1" must be at the beginning of the post title.
The first tag must be 'poetryslam'.
Submit your post link in the comments of the contest post.
Upload your recording on DSound. Video submission is acceptable.
Music, costumes, and props are forbidden.
Upvote this post
Be authentically yourself!

Deadline

Every Sunday night.

Winner announcement and the theme of the week will be posted the next day on Monday.

Rewards

Rewards will be distributed as such:
1st Place: 5 SBD
2nd Place: 4 SBD
3rd Place: 3 SBD

Community Choice Award
2 SBD

The community's involvement is essential to us. The community will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite entries. The Community Choice Award will be announced the week after the respective contest post.

Judging Process

We've adopted a similar judging process format of the traditional poetry slam competitions. Here are the details:

There are 5 judges: four randomly selected from the SMA community and 1 guest judge. Each week the judges will change.
Each judge awards a score between zero and ten.
The highest and lowest scores are dropped
Therefore, each performance is rated between zero and thirty points.