Second Edition
Poetry Showdown 3
The official third edition of our Annual Poetry Showdown Competition! An event for poets, writers and spoken word artists to express and show off their poetry skills. The Showdown is a fun and engaging competition, bringing together poets from all over the world to showcase their craft! It’s the platform for poets to get their game on!
The official third edition of our Annual Poetry Showdown Competition! An event for poets, writers and spoken word artists to express and show off their poetry skills. The Showdown is a fun and engaging competition, bringing together poets from all over the world to showcase their craft! It’s the platform for poets to get their game on!
Voting is now open!
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The Prize
The Prize
The wordsmith who manages to win the competition will win the following:
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USD $200
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Free 3D Animated Video for 1 piece
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Free website designed & hosted forever
How it works
Participants send through a 1 minute clip which will be uploaded to our Instagram account.
The video has to be the participant performing one of their pieces. In terms of the visual content of the video, it can be anything that the creator wants. You can act with your friends, edit videos however, the content used has to be original.
You are not allowed to download videos from youtube or any other video hosting service to reuse in your work.
The audio has to have the participants voice, especially considering that they have to do the live video if they manage to get into the final. The video has to be strictly one minute long.
No need to introduce your name especially since it will be included in the caption when the video is posted!
Submissions will only be open for 2024
Deadline for the Submissions is 2 January 2024
The voting period will be open from Tuesday 3 January & Wednesday 4 January. 1 Like = 1 Vote.
Participants will then be encouraged to share the link for their videos to friends, families and others and encourage them to vote.
We will discourage the use of bots to try and get extra votes. We have put in measures to counter and identify any use of bots, if you are caught you will be disqualified.
The top 5 Contestants proceed to the final and will be announced on the 5th of January, they will also be given the topic for the final which they will have to prepare for.
The final round of the competition will be hosted on an Instagram live video!
The final 5 will deliver pieces on a topic that will be disclosed after the voting period.
Each finalist will be given 2 minutes to deliver their live performance.
After the performance, a voting window is opened, then the live audience has to comment out of 10. An average for the votes is calculated. This average is 35% of the final mark.
After all the finalists have performed, pictures of the finalists will be posted on to our Instagram story with a slider for voting, the percentage from this vote will account for 25% of the final mark.
Judges will have the last 50% of the vote.
The total mark of all the votes will then be calculated.
The contestant with the highest mark wins!
Requirements
To be participate in the 2nd edition of the Poetry Showdown, you need to meet all of the following requirements:
- Resident of any country world wide! (The competition is open to everyone from everywhere)
- Have an instagram account
- Follow our instagram account @kakicuniverseanimation (You won't be considered if you don't)
- Pay the submission fee
- Submit proof of payment as well as a 1 minute long video to +263 779 052 798 on whatsapp, or send video via email to submissions@kakicuniverse.co.zw
Terms and Conditions
Participating in the Showdown means you agree with our terms and conditions which are listed below:
- Follow our Instagram Account @kakicuniverseanimation (you wont be considered if you do not follow the account)
- You must pay the entry fee of $2 USD or RTGS/FOREX EQUIVALENT
- Participants are not limited to Zimbabwe Only! You can participate from anywhere in the world as long as you pay the entry fee!
- You are free to use any language that you are comfortable or most fluent with (Vulgar language is not allowed)
- Send a video of your poem, the video can be about anything, it can have you perfomrning, acting or visualising your piece in whatever method feels best to you.
- Video must not exceed 01 minute in length (No need for introducing yourself, just start the action)
- No Nudity or foul language allowed
- Videos will be uploaded on our instagram account, the top 5 videos which get the most likes will proceed to the final
- By Submitting your video, you are granting us permission to post it on our social media platforms where people will get the chance to vote for it. We will not use the content or lyrical content in your projects in non-related projects without your consent.
- The submission fee is non-refundable, regardless of your performance or outcome in the competition
- The final Contestants will get a chance to square off on an Instagram Live battle
- You can use background music as long as its original or as long as you have rights to the music
- The piece that you perform must be originally yours! You are not allowed to perform other people's pieces (even with their permission) Original Pieces Only!
- You can re-use your footage or performances from other competitions as long as you have permission from whoever holds the video rights and can prove that you were granted permission and also prove that the perfomance is yours!
- By Participating in our competition you agree to our terms and conditions as well as rules and regulations
Previous Edition:
There have been 2 editions of the Poetry Showdowns so far, and you can watch the finals below:
Past Winners
thelionesstaffy
2021 PSD Winner
Raphael_Kreed
2022 PSD Winner
Past Finals:
Partners:
