A new qualifying season is underway to determine which poet will have a chance to become the next Individual World Poetry Slam representative for Vancouver. The IWPS slam off will be September 12th.
A full explanation of the rules and format of the Van Slam Summer Season can be found here:
http://vancouverpoetryhouse.com/forum/smf/index.php/topic,1682.msg4547.htmlHere are the results from the first qualifying slam. After the name of the poet is the order that they performed in the first round, then their first round score. After that is the position they performed in the second round (if they made the cut) and their second round score, followed by their total score for the evening.
2 May 2011
Sac: Zander Warren
Father Goose
Duncan Shields 26.4 Third! (4 points)
Elliot Slim
Andrew G
Johnny Macrae 27.0 Second! (9 points)
Alberto
Tatyana Brown 19.8 Fourth! (1 point)
RC Weslowski 27.2 First! (16 points)
Updated Standings for the 2011 IWPS Play-offs
The top 10 poets qualify for finals.
1. RC Weslowski 16 points
2. Johnny Macrae 9 points
3. Duncan Shields 4 points
4. Tatyana Brown 1 point