IWPS 2014 Season Rankings

We have completed 18 slams of the 20 slam IWPS 2014 Season. The top 20 poets of the season will be invited to compete in the Semifinals September 4th, 2014 at Space 55 and The Trunk Space (TSpace not confirmed yet). Finals will be Saturday, September 6th. Hosts and scorekeepers get .25 of a point. Calibration and sorbet poets get .25pt. Poets cannot earn more than 4pts for the season from hosting, calibration, sorbet, or scorekeeping. All competing poets earn 1pt. Third place is worth 2pts. Second place is worth 3pts. First place is worth 4pts. 1) Beth May 24pts 2) Eirean Bradley 22.75pts 3) The Klute 21pts 4) Myrlin Hepworth 18pt 5) Tristan Marshell 18pts 6) Lauren Perry 16pts 7) Jeremiah Blue 15pts 8) Elijah Pierson 15pts 9) Joy Young 14pts 10) Lucas Graff 12pts 11) Randy Morris 11pts 12) Richard Morris 11pts 13) Aaron Burch 11pts 14) Emily Cimino 11pts 15) Eric Meyers 11pts 16) Frankie Marchi 9.25pts 17) Gene Miller 8pts 18) Randy Heflin 7pts 19) Tara Cantrell 7pts 20) Valence 7pts Andrew Jones 4pts Clipper Arnold 4pt Isaac 3pts Patrick Duhaine 3pts Willie Whitmire 4pts Aaron Hopkins-Johnson 3.50pt Adriana Delgado 3pts Alex Korsick 2.25pt Carlos Bencourt 2pts Claire Hardi 2pts Ben McCutchen 2pt Bill Campana 2pts Morgan Ruler 2pts Grayson 2pts Hattie Jean Hayes 1.50pt Obadiah 1.25pt Kiran Dunavant 1.25pt Amanda LaCasse 1.25pt Mark Schaefer 1pt Riayn Guinan 1pt Molly Bilker 1pt Aaron Jay 1pt Devin Beck 1pts Season 1pt Verlie Seneyk 1pt Vincent Ruiz 1pt Natalie Cole 1pt Mark Schaefer 1pt Rivka Rocchio 1pt John A Graves 1pt Ben Jammin' 1pt Kayree 1pt Sydney 1pt Bevin 1pt Charles Levett 1pt Matthew Brady 1pt Drake 1pt KJ 2pt Dallas 1pt Rowie Shebala 1pt Alexa 1pt Jennifer 1pt Keena Thrasher 1pt Jason 1pt Red 1pt Biz 1pt (Last updated on 8/16/14) There will be two semi finals of ten poets each on September 4th. Poets will be ordered from lowest ranking poet to highest ranking poet for the first round at the semi-finals, with the highest ranking poet closing out the first round at one semi-final bout, while second highest ranking poet closing out the first round at the other semi-final bout. The semi finals will consist of a one minute poem, a two minute poem, a three minute poem, and a four minute poem. The first round will be one minute poems. The highest scoring 8 poets will advance into the second round with order to be determined from highest to lowest scores from previous round. The second round will be two minute poems. The highest 6 cumulative scoring poets will advance into the third round with order to be determined from highest to lowest scores from previous round. The third round will be three minute poems. The highest 3 cumulative scoring poets will advance into the third round with order to be determined from highest to lowest scores from previous round. The fourth round will be for four minute poems and will consist of the three top cumulative ranking poets in order of highest scoring from the previous round. THE TOP 6 POETS OF BOTH SEMIFINALS WILL BE INVITED TO FINALS The Finals will be held on September 6th (featuring 12 poets total with order rotating based on ranking from both semifinals, highest scoring poets going last, and the last poet decided by highest total score from semifinal bout) will consist of a one minute poem, a two minute poem, a three minute poem, and a four minute poem. The first round will be one minute poems. The highest scoring 8 poets will advance into the second round with order to be determined from highest to lowest scores from previous round. The second round will be two minute poems. The highest 6 cumulative scoring poets will advance into the third round with order to be determined from highest to lowest scores from previous round. The third round will be three minute poems. The highest 3 cumulative scoring poets will advance into the third round with order to be determined from highest to lowest scores from previous round. The fourth round will be for four minute poems and will consist of the three top cumulative ranking poets in order of highest scoring from the previous round. The top poet will be the official Host City Representative at the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam in Phoenix, AZ, October 8 -11th.