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/Provincesort descending City Main Website
Olympia People's Mic United States Active Washington Olympia Link
Rain City Slam United States Active Washington Seattle Link
Seattle Poetry Slam United States Active Washington Seattle Link
Spokane Poetry Slam United States Active Washington Spokane Link
Youth Speaks Seattle United States Active Washington Seattle Link
Morgantown Poetry Slam United States Inactive West Virginia Morgantown
Urban Spoken Word United States Active Wisconsin Madison Link
Milwaukee Poetry Slam United States Inactive Wisconsin Milwaukee
Breath in Poetry Canada Active Alberta Edmonton Link
Calgary SLAM! Canada Active Alberta Calgary Link
Vancouver Poetry Slam Canada Active British Columbia Vancouver Link
Tongues of Fire Canada Active British Columbia Victoria Link
Victoria Poerty Slam Canada Active British Columbia Victoria Link
Winnipeg Poetry Slam Canada Active Manitoba Winnipeg Link
Hali Youth Poetry Slam Canada Active Nova Scotia Halifax Link
Word Iz Bond Canada Inactive Nova Scotia Halifax Link
Poetry for Progress Canada Inactive Nova Scotia Halifax
We Flip Tables Canada Active Ontario Mississauga Link
Capital Slam Canada Active Ontario Ottawa Link
Urban Legends Poetry Slam Canada Active Ontario Ottawa Link

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