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
Phoenix Poetry Slam United States Active Arizona Phoenix Link
Steel City Slam United States Active Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Link
Portland Poetry Slam United States Active Oregon Portland Link
Port Veritas United States Active Maine Portland Link
Providence Poetry Slam United States Active Rhode Island Providence Link
Loser Slam United States Inactive New Jersey Red Bank Link
Spoken Views Collective United States Active Nevada Reno Link
The Writer's Den Poetry Slam United States Active Virginia Richmond Link
Good Clear Sound United States Active Virginia Richmond Link
SlamRichmond United States Active Virginia Richmond Link
Speaker Box Canada Active Ontario Richmond Hill Link
Smokin' Slam United States Inactive New Mexico Rio Rancho Link
Roc Bottom Poetry Slam United States Active New York Rochester Link
Rockford Certified Slam United States Active Illinois Rockford Link
Sit N' Spin United States Active California Sacramento Link
The Wham Bam Slam United States Inactive Utah Saint George Link
Witch City Poetry Slam United States Active Massachusetts Salem Link
Salt City Slam United States Active Utah Salt Lake City Link
Sugar Slam United States Active Utah Salt Lake City Link
Puro Slam United States Active Texas San Antonio Link

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