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What is SlamStream?
A SlamStream is a poetry slam that occurs in the stream. I'm using the word 'stream' as a shorthand for 'the real-time web' i.e. sites such as Twitter or Facebook.
A SlamStream can start spontaneously, and has a life of its own. Anyone can throw something into the SlamStream at any time, but I'd expect it to be usually triggered by someone laying down the challenge for a specific number of poets to jump in and participate, and possibly offering prizes for the winners.
You throw something into the SlamStream by posting something in the real-time web and tagging it with the word SlamStream. For example, make a post on Twitter and include the text '#SlamStream' in your post. Throw in an audio recording using something like Utterli or AudioBoo to post audio, tag it with #SlamStream, and set it to cross post into Twitter. Add visuals with yFrog, TwitPic, YouTube, etc., the choice is almost endless!
The first SlamStream is triggered by slamidol.com and offers an Apple iPod touch as first prize, iPod nano as second prize, and iPod shuffle as third prize. It is open to 6 to 10 self-selected poets to compete.
Once the competitors are in place, the SlamStream will commence, and the competitors have 7 days to create a new poem for the SlamStream. During those 7 days, the competitors are expected to post audio diary entries into the SlamStream, to allow the world to follow their progress in crafting their poem. At the end of the 7 days, the competitors should throw their finished poem performance into the SlamStream, and the voting phase will begin. The whole world should then cast their votes into the SlamStream, by retweeting the finished poem performances. After 3 days, we see who has the most votes! Knock out lowest-scoring participant at that point, and continue voting for another day - repeat until we have our winner. |
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