Open Slams have three rounds: 8 poets in the 1st, top 5 scorers moving on to the 2nd, and the top 3 moving to the 3rd. Third round poets get points, 1st (3pts) 2nd (2pts) and 3rd (1pt) towards the Semi-Finals. Anyone can sign up to compete.Pushcart nominated poet Sierra DeMulder is a member of the Intangibles Spoken Word Collective and Saint Paul National Soap-Boxing Team. In 2009 alone, she won the National Poetry Slam, was awarded Best Female Poet at College Nationals, and ranked 9th in the world at the Individual World Poetry Slam. Her first full length manuscript, The Bones Below, was published by Write Bloody Publishing in January 2010. She enjoys goosebumps, cranberry juice and feminism.