To qualify for the NPS team: the top 3 finishers in the December-March poetry slams qualify for the April team finals (note: no poet takes 2 slots: if the January winner wins in February, that slot passes to February's 4th place poet, etc.). Team Finals are 3 rounds and qualifiers all must provide text of their 3 qualifying poems, 2 of which they cannot use at Finals (meaning they will need 5 total poems to make the team). Scores are cumulative in April, top 5 make the team. Ties are broken by either a haiku deathmatch or a 1 poem duel (audience decides by applause which to have). On any team member dropping, the slot is offered to the next-highest placing poet from the team finals. Should that list be exhausted and we need another team member, there would be a special slamoff to determine whom.
Our iWPS and WoW representatives will be the top-placing participant in the previous April poetry slam who can pay their way to the event as we cannot offer reimbursement for this event's expenses.
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