I grew up in the San Diego area, Encinitas specifically, and I used to attend poetry slams back there. There were fairly big events, the old movie theatre they held them at would fill up and the poets that were chosen were narrowed down through three rounds by judges chosen from the audience and the winners would get some donated prizes from local businesses and a portion of the money that was collected in a pail passed around during the competition, which usually turned out to be pretty substantial. I heard some wonderful poetry there, hearing poems spoken by thier authors really adds a lot to them, I think.
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