Guelph Poetry Slam

The Guelph Poetry Slam (GPS) – 3rd Saturday of every month, @ the E-Bar|
A poetry slam is an interactive spoken-word poetry competition. Poets have 3 minutes to deliver their poem (with a 10 second grace period) and are judged by randomly selected members of the audience. SLAMs encourage audience participation – including cheering, booing, and even bribing of the judges to sway their point allotment. Each month the poetry slam winner receives a $100.00 cash prize.  GPS also features an open-mic and a professional spoken word artist each month. Anyone can sign-up to perform the night of.  See a complete list of slam rules.

The 2012 Guelph Poetry Slam Team!
In October 2012 Guelph Spoken Word will send the Guelph Poetry Slam Team to the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) in Saskatoon.  There they will compete against slam teams from across the County, in our National Poetry Slam!

Become a Member of the Team!
Our Finals poetry slam on April 21 will determine the 2012 Guelph Poetry Slam Team. The top four scoring poets of the evening will become members of the slam team.  The fifth place poet will be the team alternate.  The team alternate is encourage to participate as a member of the team as much as possible.

How to Qualify to Compete in Finals:
- Slam twice in the 2011/2012 slam season (June 2011-March 2012)
- Have an average slam score that is ranked in the top ten (see scores and rankings below)

Scores
Accurate as of the February 19, 2012.

Qualified Poets for Season 4 Finals

  1. Kay’la Fraser (avg 29.0)
  2. Rafay (avg 28.5)
  3. David James Hudson (avg 27.9)
  4. Tomy Bewick (avg 27.5)
  5. Beth Anne Fischer (avg 27.5)
  6. Fannon (avg 27.4)
  7. Macer (avg 27.1)
  8. Truth Is … (avg 26.8)
  9. Jaded (avg 26.5)
  10. Meme (avg 26.4)
  11. Matthew Dryden (avg 26.2)
  12. Melissa (avg 25.7)
  13. Seigfried (avg 24.6)

Slam Score

February Slam
1. P.O.E. – 58.9
2. Kay’la Fraser – 57.8
3. Tomy Bewick – 57.4
4. David James Hudson – 56.9
5. Fannon – 27.9
6. Lisa Baird – 27.4
7. Micheal Hix – 27.0
8. Rafay – 26.9
9. Matthew Warnholtz – 26.1
10. Matt Soltys – 25.8
11. N’tare – 24.9
12. Jaded – 24.7

January Slam
1. Rafay – 58.5
2. Kay’la Fraser – 58.1
3. Kinnery – 57.4
4. Dan aka
Dan Murry aka Dan – 56.7
5. Sean Warren – 28.5
6. Justin  - 28.3
7. Matthew Dryden – 28.2
8. Beth Anne – 27.9
9. Emily – 27.5
10. James – 25.2

December Slam
1. Jaded – 54.9
2. Macer – 54.0
3. Truth Is … – 53.4
4. Matthew Dryden – 47.6

November Slam
Head to Head Slam – winning poet P.O.E.

October Slam
1. Matthew Dryden – 54.8
2. Truth Is … – 54.8
3.  Beth Anne – 54.4
4. Meme – 53.9
5. Jaded – 52.3