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 ascending Main Website
The Drunken Retort United States Active Michigan Grand Rapids Link
Commonwealth Slam United States Active Virginia Fredericksburg Link
Fort Worth Poetry Slam United States Inactive Texas Fort Worth Link
Flagslam United States Active Arizona Flagstaff Link
Siren Slam United States Inactive Arizona Flagstaff Link
The Marquis Slam United States Active North Carolina Fayetteville Link
Last Saturday Word Wars United States Active Arkansas Fayetteville Link
Ozark Poetry Slam United States Inactive Arkansas Fayetteville Link
Fayetteville Word Wars United States Active Arkansas Fayetteville Link
Life Sentence United States Inactive California Fairfield Link
Humboldt Poetry Slam United States Active California Eureka Link
Full Moon Poets United States Active California Encinitas Link
FrontEra Poetry Slam United States Active Texas El Paso Link
Free Hole Slam United States Active Texas El Paso Link
Breath in Poetry Canada Active Alberta Edmonton Link
Loud Poets Scotland Active Edinburgh Link
Jambalaya Poetry Slam United States Active North Carolina Durham Link
MUSO UNH United States Active New Hampshire Durham Link
Fresh Water Wordsmiths United States Active Michigan Detroit Link
Urban Echo Poetry Slam United States Inactive Michigan Detroit Link

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