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A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. Learn about the origin, evolution and rules of slam poetry, as well as its global popularity and variations.
Chinese Poetry Congress (Chinese: 中国诗词大会; pinyin: Zhōngguó Shīcí Dàhuì) is an ongoing game show on China Central Television that tests competitors' memory and reciting of Chinese poetry, including classical and modern forms of shi, ci, and qu.
Brave New Voices (BNV) [1] is a youth spoken word festival created by the nonprofit organization Youth Speaks [2] in 1998. Its conception was inspired by the inaugural Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam in San Francisco, California, which was the first poetry slam dedicated to youth in the world.
He created Poetry Live to engage 15-16 year old students with the texts they were being asked to study as part of their GCSE English Literature course. The original 1990s Poetry Live tour consisted of 50 events, with an audience of around 75,000 students, [ 2 ] and grew to an average audience of 100,000 students a year by 2008.
Rooted & Radical Youth Poetry Festival (formerly named Louder Than a Bomb) is an annual youth poetry slam in Chicago every spring. Founded in 2001 by Kevin Coval and Anna West of the nonprofit organization Young Chicago Authors. [1] It is now the largest youth slam in the world with over 1,000 teams competing in 2014. [2]
A nonprofit organization that publishes and promotes traditional poetry with rhyme and meter. Learn about its history, events, contests, and controversies, including a fake inaugural poem for Trump.
A comprehensive and updated list of poetry awards from various countries, regions, and languages. Find out the names, criteria, and prizes of the most prestigious and influential poetry contests in the world.
These 7 poets read another poem and the top 4 go to the final round. These 4 poets will each read 1 more poem, and the high score of that round is the Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion. If there is a tie between the top 2 poets, they read 1 more poem in a sudden death match, or they agree to share the title.