- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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8 people are interested
Poetry Slam Judge
ORGANIZATION: Youth Speaks
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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8 people are interested
Youth Speaks' Monthly Under-21 Open Mics and Poetry Slam Prelims welcome the Bay Area's youth poets and storytellers to compete for a $50 prize and a chance to represent the Bay Area at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival!
Poetry Slams are an Olympic-style competitions where poets have 3 minutes to rock the stage and 5 judges give it a score. The Teen Poetry Slam consists of 3 rounds - preliminary, semi-finals, and finals. The top scoring poets in each preliminary bout move onto the semifinals, with the highest scoring poet from each preliminary bout winning $50.
The top 6 highest scoring individuals from grand slam finals are invited to represent Team Bay Area at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival. Preliminary slams take place September through December, semifinals occur in January and February, and Finals are in March.
No poetry experience is necessary, just enthusiasm! Judges will receive a brief training on how Youth Speaks approaches judging a Poetry Slam. The Slam host will walk you through how to judge and how to use our scorecards and will answer any questions you might have.
POETRY SLAM SEASON SCHEDULE
September 9, 2022 - June 9, 2023
Every 2nd Friday * 6 pm PST
Youth Speaks Office
265 Shotwell, San Francisco
Preliminary Slams: 9/9/22, 10/8/22 (as part of Life is Living in West Oakland!), 10/14/22, 11/11/22, 12/9/22
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About Youth Speaks
Location:
265 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, US
Mission Statement
Through the intersection of arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and high-quality artistic presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change.
Description
Youth Speaks understands & believes that the power, insight, creativity, & passion of young people can change the world, Youth Speaks has long been recognized for innovative arts education & youth development practices. Founded in San Francisco in 1996, Youth Speaks launched comprehensive programs for teens in & out of school, producing the first youth poetry slam in the nation in 1997, before launching national programs like the Brave New Voices Festival in 1998. Youth Speaks sustains an integrated series of programs, performances, and convenings that engage tens of thousands of youth locally, and hundreds of thousands nationally and globally. We continue to provide responsive and accessible programming during Covid-19 through online workshops, residencies, open mics, special events, campaigns, and publications.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
265 Shotwell StreetUnit BSan Francisco, CA 94110
DATE POSTED
August 12, 2022
SKILLS
- Theater Arts
- Exhibition Arts
- Public Speaking
- Storytelling
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Two (2) hours. The Poetry Slam runs from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.