What Is slam-voting.com?

slam-voting.com is a live scoring system for poetry slams and similar stage competitions. It helps organizers assign scores in real time and display results on a public screen (projector, TV, or smartphone).

What Can the System Do?

• Jury scoring with a configurable score range and optional drop scoring
• Applause ranking as an alternative to a jury
• Live display via PIN, letting the audience follow results in real time on their own device
• Tiebreaker procedures for tied scores (5 different methods)
• Group divisions within a round (e.g. a preliminary round with groups A, B, C)
• Feature guests, performances that are excluded from the rankings
• Multiple rounds per competition with an overall ranking across all rounds

Who Is slam-voting.com For?

The system is designed for:

• Hosts and organizers of poetry slams
• Cultural organizations that regularly run stage competitions
• Schools and universities with their own slam formats

How Do I Get Started?

1. Create an account, registration and team setup
2. Your first competition, ready to go in 5 minutes
3. Set up the display, generate a PIN and start the live view

Help inside the app

Once you are logged in, the guides are always within reach:

• Help menu (question-mark icon top right): direct access to guides, changelog and feedback. A red dot signals new changelog entries.
• ⌘K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows): opens a fast full-text search across all guides. Results open in a new tab so your competition workflow stays untouched.
• Sidebar block "Help & Guides": quick links to the docs and to "What's new".