Your Local Slam

Slam poets compete against one another, but also collectively as teams. Teams are generally organized around performance venues, their local slam homes. They compete with neighboring teams to hone their skills and sometimes compete in regional team slams for bragging rights. When they feel ready, they might step up to compete in the big top, the annual National Poetry Slam.

P4 has compiled a list of slams from information provided by Poetry Slam, Inc., the Nationals promoter, and from scouring the Internet. The information is searchable by Province or State, and City to help you find a team and its venue near you. P4 tracks all the basic information we can about each slam, but click on the link to the slam's websites for full details. 

A few notes about this list:

  • IMPORTANT:  Note that this listing contains both active and inactive slams.  If you want to search only active slams, be sure to select that option before your search.
  • Try as we might, no list of slam teams or venues can ever be complete or up-to-date. Teams form and dissolve and venues shift from place to place or go out of business, all without notice. 
  • If you see any errors or oversights in this list, please get in touch. We’ll do our best to update our list with your information. Thanks.
  • If you are an organizer with any of these venues, or know of any slams that are now listed here, definitely let us know!
Slam Name Countrysort ascending Active? State/Province City Main Website
Lake Effect Poetry United States Active Ohio Canton Link
Piedmont Slam United States Inactive North Carolina Winston Salem Link
Team Speak On It United States Inactive Mississippi Louisville Link
Sweet Peaches Poetry Slam United States Active Kentucky Louisville Link
McKinney Poetry Slam United States Inactive Texas McKinney Link
San Jose Poetry Slam United States Inactive California San Jose Link
Queen City Poetry Slam United States Inactive Ohio Cincinnati Link
Lincoln United States Inactive Nebraska Lincoln Link
Hot Springs Valley Open Mic Night United States Active Arkansas
Eclectic Truth Poetry Slam United States Active Louisiana Baton Rouge Link
Neo Soul United States Inactive Texas Pflugerville Link
Indie Slam United States Active California Santa Cruz Link
She Speaks United States Inactive Ohio Cleveland Link
OM Center Poetry Slam United States Inactive Nebraska Omaha Link
Wednesday Night Poetry United States Active Arkansas Hot Springs Link
Creative Heat Poetry Slam United States Inactive Louisiana Lafayette Link
Puro Slam United States Active Texas San Antonio Link
The Loud Mouth Poetry Jam United States Active California Visalia Link
Montevallo Poetry Slam United States Active Alabama Montevallo Link
Writer's Block United States Active Ohio Columbus Link

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