Introduction

Wicked Poetry Slam is open to all styles of poetry, rap, and spoken word. The evening will begin with a special guest performer who will speak to and about a specific theme. This underlines Wicked's recognition that as artists our art has a greater purpose and responsibility and that we must strive to fulfill that responsibility, accordingly we favour performances that are socially and politically relevant. Each month we provide a different theme.

Rules and guidelines

- Each contestant gets 3 minutes on the mic in each of the 3 rounds. If the contestant goes over time, points will be deducted from the total score. The clock starts from the moment the contestant addresses the audience.

- Performances can be in any language.

- Contestants must only perform their own, original work.

- No use of props

- We do not support or tolerate any racism, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, beliefism, classism, ableism, further -isms or hate speech.

Judges and Prizes

- All audience members act as judges

- The winner of the slam receives 100 Euros