THE COMBINE: literary decathlon 2025 *Prelim Competition*

THE COMBINE: literary decathlon 2025 *Prelim Competition*

The annual literary decathlon presented by Words Beats & Life. where the best poets, MC's, writers and orators compete for cash prizes

By Words Beats & Life

Date and time

Saturday, February 15 · 12 - 4:30pm EST

Location

Words Beats & Life Headquarters (The St Stephens Church)

1525 Newton St NW 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20010

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

Agenda

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Doors Open: Breakfast & Sign In

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Head To Head Haiku

TEST YOUR WRITING SKILLS - Create your best three line poems in a 5-7-5 syllable format. You can make them Funny, Sad or Profound…Bring out ten of your hottest, bite-sized stanzas - the more you have...

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

OPP / Monologue Mashup

TEST YOUR MEMORY - Participants are challenged to either A) recite a famous monologue, poem or song lyric from memory, or B) remix a famous monologue into a rap, song, or poetic performance & recite ...

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Freestyle Challenge

TEST YOUR SKILLS - Off the top flows /Topics pulled from a Hat / Engage in a Rhyme Debate…and more!

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Personification Playoffs

TEST YOUR IMAGINATION - Bring to poetic life an abstract idea that we present to you, like Joy / Fear / Confusion / Rage, etc

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Compliment Battle (Varsity - $100 prize)

TEST YOUR ORIGINALITY - The goal is to bring your opponent UP, not down - Competitors will be given their opponent's name in advance.

3:00 PM

Words Beats & Love Slam Poetry

TEST YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE - speak from the heart with poems about romance, family & friends (NO Erotica!)

4:00 PM

Announcement of Finalists & Awards

About this event

  • Event lasts 4 hours 30 minutes

Words Beats & Life present THE COMBINE

The Combine is an all ages, DMV wide annual decathlon of specific wordsmithing and performance events giving participants the chance to test their skills in various areas such as writing, freestyle ability and public speaking which will be evaluated by peers, mentors and coaches. Events will allow contenders to not only accumulate cash prizes & points, but to showcase talent, and build community.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE wblinc.org/combine

DATE  Saturday, February 15th 2025 

DOORS @ 11:00am

COMPETITIONS START @ 12:00pm (Schedule below)

COMPETITOR REGISTRATION FEE: $ 20 per event (slots are limited)

TO REGISTER: select the free registration ticket at checkout and add-on each competition you want to compete in. Each event has a $20 fee to compete.

PRELIMINARIES LOCATION

Words Beats & Life Headquarters at 1525 Newton Street, NW, WDC 20010

(inside St Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church)

ALL PRELIM EVENTS WILL BE IN THE AUDITORIUM

ALL STAR FINALS LOCATION 

Saturday April 5th at the Woolly Mammoth Theater 641 D St NW, WDC 20004 @ 8pm

CLICK FOR TICKETS TO ALL STAR FINALS

SPONSORED BY : National Endowment Of The Arts, DC Commission On The Arts & Humanities, Humanities DC and Eaton DC

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Age Categories - ALL EVENTS ARE ALL AGES


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