Poetry Slam.

This is a competition at which poets read or recites original work. These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience. It started at the Get Me High Lounge in Chicago in November 1984. Since then it has moved to its permanent Chicago home, the Green Mill Jazz Club. Members of the audience are chose by the host to act as judges for the event. Then each poet performs and each judge awards a score to that poem. A score of zero to ten is used most of the time. The highest and lowest score are dropped, giving each performance a rating between zero and thirty points. The poet with the highest score then wins the competition.