Slamlandia Grand Slam ft. Roxy Allen

Join us in MARCH for our GRAND SLAM at Guilder!

Our Grand Slam will determine which four poets will be on the 2019 Slamlandia Team, and will represent Slamlandia at The Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam here in Portland this summer. [Performers include: Meghan Bell, Jane Belinda, KC Freed, Nani Jones, Joshua Bauscher, Julia Gaskill, Sage Lilac, Trillian Lynn, and more. With featured performer Roxy Allen!]

Doors at 6:00 PM
Show begins at 6:30 PM.

**No open mic this show**

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 wonderful Roxy Allen!

Roxy Jane Allen is a queer sex worker with an actual heart of gold. She is also a comedian, artist, body positive activist, and in recovery. A five-time Eugene Poetry Slam Champion, Roxy has toured throughout the Pacific Northwest, competed nationally at the Texas Grand Slam and Rustbelt Poetry Festival, and is currently one of the administrators for the Eugene Poetry Slam. She uses comedy and wit to disarm her listeners and her sincerity and vulnerability drive her truth deep. Roxy is a reminder of how extraordinary, fragile, and magical a thing it is to be human.

★ •*´¨`*• 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.