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 Country Active? State/Province Citysort descending Main Website
Write About Now United States Active Texas Houston Link
Out Loud HSV United States Active Alabama Huntsville Link
Indianapolis Poetry Slam United States Inactive Indiana Indianapolis Link
Art, Poetry, and Justice Slam United States Active Mississippi Jackson Link
Spoken Word in the City United States Inactive Mississippi Jackson
Pulse Poetry Slam United States Active New York Jamestown Link
JC's Open Mike United States Inactive New Jersey Jersey City Link
Jersey City Slam United States Active New Jersey Jersey City Link
Jersey Shore Poetry Slam United States Active New Jersey Jersey Shore Link
Kalamazoo Poetry Slam United States Inactive Michigan Kalamazoo Link
FTW Slam United States Active Missouri Kansas City Link
SlamULIT United States Inactive Missouri Kansas City
Kansas City Poetry Slam United States Active Missouri Kansas City Link
K-Town Mic Drop United States Active Texas Kileen Link
Killeen Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Killeen Link
Queen's Poetry Slam Canada Active Ontario Kingston Link
Kitchener-Waterloo Poetry Slam Canada Active Ontario Kitchener Link
Knoxville Poetry Slam United States Active Tennessee Knoxville Link
Creative Heat Poetry Slam United States Inactive Louisiana Lafayette Link
Root-N-Slam Poetry Series United States Inactive Ohio Lakewood Link

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