The Seventh Annual Exit 36 Slam Poetry Festival is a three-day poetry festival that serves the community through educational, theatrical, and literary performances. The festival will nurture, support, and showcase regional, national, and international writers, facilitators, and artist from all over the country to honor the creative genius of our own cultural arts pioneers. The festival includes writing workshops, artists' talks, and the Slam Poetry competition. In its sixth year, the Exit 36 objectives remain the same -- to pay homage to poetry, spoken word, literacy, community engagement, and to celebrate the arts. The 3-day event attracts the premier spoken word artists in the country and will take place December 12-14, 2024 at the City’s cultural venues.
There will be 30 competing Poets, all competing Poets will need a total of five (5) poems to win.
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS:
During preliminary rounds (“bouts”), all poets will perform one (1) original poem.
Each poet will compete in one of two preliminary micro bouts. A live bout draw will take place prior to the start of the festival for all 4 prelim bouts. The draw for the performance order will occur onsite at the start of the bout, with poets drawing a number 1-15 for each round. Poets should arrive 6:30pm nightly for performance order at designated Prelim venue Ali Arts Center located at 353 MLK Blvd Pompano Beach, FL 33060.
No ties will be broken in prelims. Poets will receive a rank based on their scores in the micro bout. So, a rank of 1-15 will be given, with the highest score receiving a 1. In the case of a tie, the rank will be shared, and the next person will receive an adjusted rank.
For example, if there is a tie for 3rd place, the assigned ranks will be: 1,2,3,3,5,6. If there are multiple ties, the adjustments will be the same. If there is a tie for 1st and 2nd highest scores the assigned ranks will be: 1,1,3,3,5,6.
The top 15 poets with the highest cumulative score after 2 days will advance to the Final Stage with the 16th and 17th ranked poets serving as sacrificial poets (Sacs) at Final Stage.
FINAL STAGE:
In case of a three-way tie all the prizes will be combined and spilt equally amongst winners, or they can decide to hold one round of slam off to decide winner
We will do our best to have scoring done as quickly as possible, but to be accurate we will take however long we need to ensure that the right scores are put out. Please allow us this time so that we can be our best for you.
1st place : $5,000
2nd Place : $2,500
3rd Place : $1,500
Stay tuned for volunteer opportunities.
The Home 2 Suites by Hilton Pompano Beach is offering special rates for attendees of the Festival.