Dear word slayers, wordsmiths, word slingers, word players, poets, and spoken word artists.

Welcome to Poetreel Monthly Competition. This is an audio-based event borne out of our love for spoken word poetry, and poets. Thus, we want to promote the art form and celebrate the artists.

Are you ready to unleash, unveil, and reveal your poetic prowess?

Here are the guidelines for the competition:

• This competition will run monthly starting from July 1, 2024.

• The theme for each month will be announced every first day of the month on this blog.

• Uploading/ submission of audio entries will be from the 1st day of the month till 12 pm (i.e. noon/midday) on the 20th day of the month.

• All (monthly) audio entries must be uploaded under the category/ genre of the theme of the month, or under the category/genre tagged "Poetreel".

• The audio upload/ entry should be five minutes or less.

• If an entry is not uploaded under the right category/ genre it's considered null and void for that week.

• The top ten poets will be selected based on the highest number of likes on poetreel.com.

• If there is a tie in the number of likes, then the number of comments will be used as a tie-breaker.

• The use of bots or other illegal means to get likes and comments on poetreel.com will result in automatic disqualification.

• The top ten poets will be announced on this blog on the 21st day of each month.

• The selection of the top three poets (from the top ten) will be done by our in-house judge(s). The criteria for selection of the top three poets are as follows:

• Context - adherence/ relevance to the theme.

• Content - appropriate use of poetic devices.

• Articulation/ Delivery - clear, concise, and confident.

• Originality

• Audience Appeal

• The top three poets will be announced between the 25th and 29th day of the month on this blog.

• A poet who wins in any given week can only re-contest in the upper month after his or her win i.e. if you win in month one you can’t participate again until month three, and if you win in month two you can’t participate again until month four, etc. This applies to the top three poets.
  

• If you are declared the winner on two different occasions, you can't compete again until month 12.

• All the winners from month 1 to month 11 will face off in month 12 in a winner-take-all round. The guidelines for this round will be provided.

• Winners and consolation prizes will be paid on or before the 15th of the next month. The first prize is £50, the second prize is £30 and the third prize is £20. 

• The cash prize(s) will be paid into Paypal, UK Bank Account, or Nigerian Bank Account (this will be in Naira at the prevailing rate. This applies only to the Nigerian bank account).

We look forward to listening to and enjoying your entries, as well as celebrating your talent.

For more information, questions and all, send email to holla@poetreel.com, wordup4one1@gmail.com, olulu4ever@gmail.com 

Or via

+234 803 076 7359, +2348025070892 (WhatsApp calls and chats only). 

+447901376721 (WhatsApp chats only).

Let the words rain, so words can reign.

GRANT OF RIGHTS: 

By uploading/submitting an entry, each entrant grants to the sponsor and its licensees, successors, and assigns an irrevocable, perpetual, unlimited, royalty-free, fully paid-up license to reproduce, distribute, display, exhibit, exploit, perform, edit, create derivatives of & otherwise use the entry & all elements of such entry, together with any other material, as well as the name, username, city & state of residence, voice, image and/or likeness of the entrant (including, without limitation, profile photo), in any & all media now known or hereafter devised, in any manner, in whole or in part, worldwide, without compensation or notification to, or permission from, entrant or any third party, for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation, for purposes of advertising or trade.