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Code Poetry Slam

Date
Wed November 20th 2013, 7:00pm
Location
Bldg. 160, room124

What isÌý?

  • poetry written in a coding language
  • a C++ sonnet, a Haskell haiku
  • a program to generate poetry
  • something completely new! experiments encouraged!

The Contest

This fall, the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages (DLCL) is sponsoring a Code Poetry Slam. We put out a call for works, inviting programmers and poets toÌýÌýcode poems in any language, and invited the creators of our 8 favorite submissions to present at a Code Poetry Slam.

The Slam

The Code Poetry Slam will be held at 7pm onÌýNovember 20thÌýin Building 160 (Wallenberg Hall). Finalists are invited to present their code poems in whatever way they see fit.

There will be pizza and a discussion / Q&A while the judges (an interdisciplinary group of grad students) deliberate, and then winners and runners up will be awarded cash prizes.

If you have any questions, feel free to email mkagen [at] stanford.edu (mkagen[at]stanford[dot]edu) or kwerner [at] ccrma.stanford.edu (kwerner[at]ccrma[dot]stanford[dot]edu)

Judges:

  • Caroline Egan, DLCL PhDc
  • Melissa Kagen, DLCL PhDc
  • Mayank Sanganeria, CCRMA MA MST'13
  • Kurt James Werner, CCRMA PhDc