Slamlandia Indie Finals ft. Bella

Join us on OCTOBER 16TH for an IN PERSON Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Literary Arts!

This is not any show, this is our INDIES FINALS to determine the poet who will be representing us at the Salish Sea Poetry Festival in Bellingham, WA, and potentially the Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival in Albuquerque next year.

Sign-ups are at 6:30 PM. Show begins at 7:00 PM.

IMPORTANT NOTES ON HOW THIS SHOW WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL --->

• We will not be taking sign ups for our poetry slam. All poets competing have qualified in previous shows.
• There will only be 5 readers in the open mic (since the slam will be longer than normal). We will do a lottery system. As many people who would like to can sign up, we'll pull the list at 6:50pm, and a randomized draw will determine the 5 open mic poets.
• Normal show format at Literary Arts will resume in November.

Literary Arts: 716 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Here are some important COVID-related things to note:

• While not mandatory, masks are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED
• Please be smart and safe and, if you are feeling ill the day before/of, please stay home
• Keep an eye on our social media for any more updates

We will have a feature from Bella!

Bella is a writer, performer, model, and published author from Portland, OR. She was the 2019 Portland Poetry Slam Grand Slam Champ, and in 2023 her team (Team TBD) took first at the second ever Bigfoot Poetry Festival. Her debut collection, Side Effects of Remembering the Little Things, came out in 2019, and her second book, Good Bones, was released in 2023. She served as artist in residence at Paper Epiphanies in 2023. Through her poetry, Bella hopes to create connection, conversation, and understanding so we all feel a little less alone.

No door admission.

Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below.

★ •*´¨`*• A C C E S S I B I L I T Y •*´¨`*• ★

There is one entrance with no stairs. The event is on the bottom floor of the building. Any seating can be adjusted to make room for any accessibility equipment. There is also a bathroom that can be accessed on the first floor.

★ •*´¨`*• S A F E R • S P A C E • P O L I C Y •*´¨`*• ★

(1) – Slamlandia is committed to the safety of our community and all of its members. This includes but is not limited to performers, audience members, venue staff, volunteers, featured poets, and Executive Council members. We will not allow any act of hate, bigotry, harassment, or violence within our space and will prohibit the entrance of those who have committed these acts in or outside of our space.

(2) – The Slamlandia community is a community based in consent. It is the responsibility of individuals initiating contact to receive enthusiastic consent for the following activities:

☆ Physical contact

☆ Discussion of personal or heavy topics

☆ Discussion of poetry shared on stage

(3) – Slamlandia does not censor our mic and space - with the exception of hate speech. Hate speech includes, but is not limited to threats of violence, the use of slurs for a group you do not belong to, racism, sexism, transphobia, transmisogyny, homophobia, classicism, and ableism.

☆ Marginalized voices expressing anger toward the group of people oppressing them does not fall under the category of hate speech.

☆ In the event that a performer is using hate speech on stage, an Executive Council member will end their performance and ask them to leave the stage.

☆ In the event that a performer uses hate speech, it is the responsibility of the Executive Council to explain to the performer why this was a violation of our hate speech policy to the best of their ability and point them to resources for further explanation

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