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?sort descending State/Province City Main Website
The Loud Mouth Poetry Jam United States Active California Visalia Link
The Dirty Gerund United States Active Massachusetts Worcester Link
Hawaii Slam United States Active Hawaii Honolulu Link
Victoria Poerty Slam Canada Active British Columbia Victoria Link
Austin Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Austin Link
Peterborough Poetry Slam Canada Active Ontario Peterborough Link
Good Clear Sound United States Active Virginia Richmond Link
Hammer and Tongue United Kingdom Active Waterloo Link
Unlimited Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Arlington Link
Out Loud HSV United States Active Alabama Huntsville Link
Nitty Gritty Slam United States Active New York Albany Link
Denver Mercury Slam United States Active Colorado Denver Link
Writer's Block United States Active Ohio Columbus Link
Maui SLAM! United States Active Hawaii Makawao Link
Winnipeg Poetry Slam Canada Active Manitoba Winnipeg Link
Ballabajoomba Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Corpus Christi Link
Slam New Orleans United States Active Louisiana New Orleans Link
Speaker Box Canada Active Ontario Richmond Hill Link
SlamRichmond United States Active Virginia Richmond Link
SlamMN! United States Active Minnesota Minneapolis Link

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