Las Vegas Slam uses Poetry Slam, Inc.’s standard rules.
Slam Rules:
- All performers must present an original composition.
- Performances will be limited to 3 minutes with a 10 second grace period. After 3:10, half a point will be deducted per 10 seconds over (e.g. 3:12 or 3:19 are both -0.5 from judges’ scores, 3:24 is -1.0, 3:39 is -1.5, etc.)
- No props or costumes are allowed. Performers may not use musical accompaniment unless it is created by his/her own body.
- All performances will be scored by a panel of 5 randomly selected judges. No judges may be romantically involved (or otherwise sharing bodily fluids) with any performers.
Las Vegas Slam Team Qualification Process:
- The poets with the three highest cumulative scores at each slam will be considered qualified for semi-finals.
- Poets who have already qualified are allowed to continue competing at each slam.
- Poets who qualify for semi-finals but fail to compete will not be considered for finals competition.
- Top 10 cumulative scores advance to Grand Slam Finals. The top 5 scores from Grand Slam will decide the team (4 team members + 1 alternate).
- If any member of the team drops from the team or is deemed unable to continue, the spot will be offered to the next highest scorer from Grand Slam. Should that person also be unable to compete, it will be at the discretion of the slammaster and coach whether to continue moving through the Grand Slam final placements, or to hold a slam-off including all qualified semi-finalists.
Tiebreak Procedure
- Qualifier slam ties will be decided by haiku showdown. Each poet performs a haiku and judges select A or B. The poet with more votes wins the tie. Rock-Paper-Scissors will decide which haikuster gets the option of going first or second.
- Semi-final or Grand Slam ties will be decided with an additional 3 minute poem from each competitor in the tie. Highest score wins the tie. Tiebreak order will be decided by number draw.
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