Poetry Slam at Your Place Grand Finals

WELL GOODNESS GEESES - IT'S THE POETRY SLAM AT YOUR PLACE GRAND FINAL 2020!

Yes, it is indeed that time of year - where we look back in simultaneous glee and horror upon the trail of poems, littered across our online slam battlefield and decide... WE WANT MORE, so bring back the proud poets sitting pretty at the top of the Slam League Table, inviting them to compete one more time to see who will be this year's CHAMPION (or as we put it at Your Place - "That really good poet that won that thing, that time!") and take home the prize of $200 and a paid feature slot later in the year!

For those that don’t know: poetry slams are LIVE POETRY COMPETITIONS! And they are SUPER engaging and AWESOME!

Now before you go, “ooooh but you can’t judge art!”… I agree – it is very difficult to give objective rules with which to hierarchically place one “art” above another “art” but subjectively we do it all the time (not that, that makes us right, mind) through submissions, grant applications, whether you buy something or not, and of course, just actual competitions… we are constantly judging art – again, not that, that makes our opinions right – all we do here is make it a bit more exciting, interactive and fun! PLUS we get to hear a whole load of FABULOUS POETRY at the same time!

Normally, at slams in physical venues, five judges are selected randomly from the audience and they give scores out of ten for each poet’s performance. But as this is online - we are going to do it a bit differently – EVERYONE will be a judge!

Now don’t panic, it’ll be completely anonymous and you don’t HAVE to! But this is the part where you should remember: it is, first and foremost, for the pure joy of sharing poetry and, as we already mentioned: everyone involved understands that this isn’t a scientific process – sometimes the poetry gods will disagree with our decisions but we are just mere, feeble humans trying to have a good time. So relax and join in.

As with all Your Place Events – entry is "pay-what-you-can-afford" because finances should not be a barrier to accessing art however if artists can’t afford to create that art then it becomes quite a large barrier to anyone accessing it - so if you can afford it, DO - it is not only SUPER appreciated but ABSOLUTELY necessary. Donation links are posted during the event.

If you really can’t afford anything, then there are plenty of non-financial ways to support - sharing the event, telling a friend, liking and writing a recommendation on the Your Place Events page. If you can afford to donate then please do; you will be covering someone who can’t afford to and enabling Your Place Events to keep putting on shows like this.

LOVE!