The Competitors
List of competing poets!
All official Poetry Slam, Inc rules apply:
- Each poem must be of the poet's own construction;
- Each poet gets a specified number of minutes (plus a ten-second grace period) to read one poem, if the poet goes over, points will be deducted from the total score (see below for the time requirements);
- The poet may not use props, costumes, or musical instruments;
- Of the scores the poet received from the five judges, the high and low scores are dropped, and the middle three are added together, giving the poet a total score of 0-30.
Additionally, there will be NO repeats allowed.

First Preliminary Bouts
Round one is 1 minute or less, round two is 4 minutes or less. All poets compete.
THURSDAY STANDINGS

Second Preliminary Bout
Round one is 2 minutes or less, round two is 3 minutes or less. All poets compete.
FRIDAY STANDINGS

Finals!!
3 minute poems, no repeats.
The top 12 poets compete in round one!
- Chris August
- Roger Bonair-Agard
- Joaquin Zihuatanejo
- Black Butta Fly (Mekkah)
- Versiz
- Maze Forever
- Buddy Wakefield
- Da Minister
- Future
- Bluz
- MAD
- Ansel Appleton
Calibration poet: Damien Flores
The top 7 scoring poets from round one move on to round two!
- Buddy Wakefield
- Roger Bonair-Agard
- Versiz
- Maze Forever
- Bluz
- Black Butta Fly (Mekkah)
- Joaquin Zihuatanejo
- Chris August
Calibration poet for round 2: Future
The 4 poets with the best scores from round two finish it in round three!
- Buddy Wakefield - $1200 champion!
- Versiz - $600 runner-up!
- Maze Forever - $300 & love!
- Roger Bonair-Agard - $200 & love!