General Admission grants entry into the event; does not provide entry into the competition and does not guarantee seating.

DO NOT PURCHASE A TABLE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A GROUP OF 4 PEOPLE: Reserved table seating for four people with names of each of your guest.

DO NOT PURCHASE A TABLE IF THERE IS NOT TWO IN YOUR GROUP: Reserved table seating for two people with names of each of your guest.

Competing poets will need three poems for a three round elimination bout including a time limit of 3:00 with a 10 second grace period. Performances timed after the 3:10 time limit will result in a time penalty of -0.5 for every 10 seconds after. Poems must be original works written by the performing poet and only themselves (AI works will be automatic disqualification). No props, costumes/costume changes, and musical accompaniment allowed during the competition; if found, it will result in a disqualification. Poets are allowed to read their poems from their cell phone, tablet, and 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper; any other items than the listed items are not allowed. Bout draw starts at 7:45 pm. Poets who do not arrive by bout draw time will perform first in the start of the first round.

Scoring will be done by "Apollo-style scoring" instead of traditional 3-5 decimal scoring.