Slamlandia February Guilder Slam ft. AM Pressman

Join us for our FEBRUARY Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Guilder!

This will be our fourth and final qualifying show to make it into our Grand Slam in March 2019! Compete and place in the top two slots to move onto our Grand Slam!

Doors and sign-ups are at 6:00 PM
Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam!
Show begins at 6:30 PM.

Guilder
2393 NE Fremont St
Portland, OR 97213

This show is all ages.
Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below.

There is a $1-5 suggested donation.

We will have an spotlight performance from the awe-inspiring A.M. Pressman!

A.M. Pressman is an Indonesian-American comedian and poet living in Richmond, Virginia. Their work has appeared on Button Poetry, Slamfind, Poictesme, and Write About Now, and explores issues of mixed Asian identity, family, faith, sexuality, gender, and trauma through personal narratives. They are a 2016 and 2017 CUPSI Best Poet Nominee, 2016 Southern Fried Indie Finalist, 2017 WOWPS and IWPS Representative for Washington D.C.’s Beltway Slam, 2017 NPS semi-finalist and most recently placed 2nd in individual competition at the 2018 Rustbelt Poetry Festival in Detroit.

★ •*´¨`*• O P E N • M I C •*´¨`*• ★

The open mic will start the show out. The open mic is a great way to share your wonderful poetry! You can share 1-2 poems lasting a maximum of 3 minutes.

★ •*´¨`*• T H E • S L A M •*´¨`*• ★

☆ The slam will be 2 rounds.
The first 12 poets to sign up will perform in the 1st round.

☆ Poems will be scored on a scale of 0-10. There will be 5 judges. The lowest score and highest score for each poet will be dropped and the middle 3 scores will be added together.

☆ There is a 3 minute time limit for poems performed in the slam – with a 10 second grace period. A 1/2-point time penalty will be subtracted from the poet’s score for every 10 seconds they go past the time limit.

☆ The 6 poets with the highest scores will move on to the 2nd round.

★ •*´¨`*• A C C E S S I B I L I T Y •*´¨`*• ★

There are two entrances with no stairs. The back entrance is connected to the parking lot which has disabled parking spots. The event is on the bottom floor of the building. There are two ADA single-occupancy bathrooms. Any seating can be adjusted to make room for any accessibility equipment.

★ •*´¨`*• S A F E R • S P A C E • P O L I C Y •*´¨`*• ★

(1) – Slamlandia is committed to the safety of our community and all of its members. This includes but is not limited to performers, audience members, venue staff, volunteers, featured poets, and Executive Council members. We will not allow any act of hate, bigotry, harassment, or violence within our space and will prohibit the entrance of those who have committed these acts in or outside of our space.

(2) – The Slamlandia community is a community based in consent. It is the responsibility of individuals initiating contact to receive enthusiastic consent for the following activities:

☆ Physical contact
☆ Discussion of personal or heavy topics
☆ Discussion of poetry shared on stage

(3) – Slamlandia does not censor our mic and space – with the exception of hate speech. Hate speech includes, but is not limited to threats of violence, the use of slurs for a group you do not belong to, racism, sexism, transphobia, transmisogyny, homophobia, classicism, and ableism.

☆ Marginalized voices expressing anger toward the group of people oppressing them does not fall under the category of hate speech.

☆ In the event that a performer is using hate speech on stage, an Executive Council member will end their performance and ask them to leave the stage.

☆ In the event that a performer uses hate speech, it is the responsibility of the Executive Council to explain to the performer why this was a violation of our hate speech policy to the best of their ability and point them to resources for further explanation.