About the event
Come and see 10 amazing poets battle to be crowned the HuddLitFest 2023 Slam Champ. Hosted by award-winning poet Rose Condo.
Sponsored by Goat Drinks. 
Expect to be entertained, moved, lifted and transported by competitive poetry!
1st Prize: £50, and a guest spot at the HLF2024 Poetry Slam.
Want to apply to take part? Send a video (max length three minutes) of you performing your work to [email protected] (it’s fine to use a phone to record your video). Deadline to apply is 5 March 2023. See below for T&Cs.
Rose Condo is an award-winning Canadian poet based in Salford. With a background in theatre and performance, Rose has been writing, performing and teaching for over 20 years. Her debut poetry collection After the Storm was published in 2020 and she has won awards for her projects and shows, which include: The Empathy Experiment, The Geography of Me and How to Starve an Artist. She has hosted and won many Slams, and she runs workshops for people of all ages exploring wellbeing through creative writing.
Access and Covid safety measures: if you have specific access needs or queries and/or prefer to be seated away from other audience members as a Covid safety measure, please contact our Admin at: [email protected] with your request.
Terms and Conditions
1. To apply please send a video (max length three minutes) of you performing your work to [email protected] (it’s fine to use a phone to record your video). Deadline to apply is 5 March 2023.
2. We will only view one application per person. Further applications will be ignored.
3. The deadline for applications is strictly 5pm on 5 March 2023. We regret that we cannot view any applications received after this time.
4. Successful artists should hear back from us by five working days after the deadline.
SLAM RULES
1. Poetry must be your own original work
2. No singing or props.
3. There will be two rounds. The poets will draw numbers from a hat and perform in that order. In the second round the order will be reversed.
4. Poets have 3 minutes to perform their poetry. The clock starts from the very first thing you say – including hello.
Points will be deducted for over-running as follows:
1-9 seconds minus 1 point
10-19 seconds minus 2 points
20-29 seconds minus 3 points
30 seconds minus 4 points, host will stop you, you’ll be judged on your incomplete poem.
5. The poets will be scored out of 10 in two categories. Written content and quality of performance. The highest total score over both rounds wins £50. In the event of a tie there will be a final sudden death round.
6. Judges’ decisions are final. Please remember the slam motto: “The points are not the point, the poetry is the point.”
Event Date: Friday 31 March
Time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Venue: Small Seeds, Castlegate (New Street junction), HD1 2UD
Tickets: £7 (£5 conc; Essential Carer’s Ticket free)
Age guidance: 16+
Access Guide: https://www.accessable.co.uk/huddersfield-literature-festival/access-guides/small-seeds
Access and Covid safety measures: if you have specific access needs or queries and/or prefer to be seated away from other audience members as a Covid safety measure, please contact our Admin at: [email protected] with your request.
T&Cs
Concessions are for those over the age of 65 or over and anyone with a disability.
Proof of age and/or disability must be shown with your ticket at the event.
You may be refused entry if you do not provide tickets and proof required on entry to the event.
We cannot be held responsible for the facilities provided by the venue.
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