AND The 2018 SLAM CHAMPION IS... 0r00j - e- zafar!
Qualifiers for Pakistan Poetry Slam 2019 will resume at the end of the year!
The Qualifiers will be held in Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad & Karachi at the end of the year. Each city will host 2 Qualifiers. Up to 20 people can sign up for each qualifier! Top 5 winners from each Qualifying Slam move on to the Final City Slam.
The Final City Slams will take place in Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad & Karachi between January & February 2019. Top 4 from each City will move onto the NATIONAL SLAM in 2019.
Top 16 poets from Lahore, Faisalabad, Islamabad & Karachi will battle it out in two rounds to win the title of Pakistan Poetry Slam CHAMPION 2018. Winner will get bragging rights for the rest of their life + prizes! Though the real winner is always POETRY!
Poems must be original pieces of work. No longer than 3 minutes. Poets must hail from the cities they represent. Poems will be scored on a scale from 1-10 by judges chosen at random from the audience. Poets must have at least 3 poems prepared. *Poems from the Qualifying Slams cannot be repeated at the Final City Slams but can be repeated at the National Slam.
Don't want to perform but love poetry? Come cheer on the performers at the qualifiers & final!
LANGUAGE? English & Urdu welcome!
~ Hope to see you on stage, Z&Z.
WORD Ink was founded by Zohab Z. Khan and Zainab Z. Syed, in January 2016 as a platform to create safe spaces for creative expression in Pakistan. WORD Ink runs multiple programs across the country teaching writing as expression & empowerment to the youth as a means to articulate & respond to the insecurity around them in a constructive manner. Pakistan Poetry Slam is WORD Ink's Pilot Program.