The poetry slam is a competition invented in the 1980s to draw attention to the art of performance poetry. The contest is judged by five randomly-chosen members of the audience.
Poets have a limited amount of time to present their work. The judges will then score the piece anywhere from 0.0 to 10.0, evaluating such qualities as performance, content, and originality. The high and low scores of each performance are tossed, and the middle three are added giving the performer their score. Points are deducted for violating the time limit.
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