Original sentence: Category examples included Best Erotic Poem in Sexy Underwear or Lingerie, Best Love Poem in Fire Engine Red, etc.Five selected judges would score based on poetry and performance on a scale of 0 to 10 with the highest and lowest scores dropped for the highest possible score of 30 as per traditional slam poetry competition rules.It was then passed over to London based performance poet, Ernesto Sarezale, who would begin staging the annual event in the U.The Glam Slam was held every year in NYC, first at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, later at Bowery Poetry Club to kick off NYC Gay Pride Week until 2008.The events would open with a Grand March and feature four open categories in which audience members would read a poem for up to three minutes featuring the required props.The winner of each category would receive a trophy and go on to compete in a Grand Prize category (usually Best Verbal Vogue)