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 Countrysort ascending Active? State/Province City Main Website
Beltway Poetry Slam United States Active District of Columbia Washington Link
Untitled Open Mic United States Active Massachusetts Lowell Link
Siren Slam United States Inactive Arizona Flagstaff Link
The Speak Tank United States Active Florida Tampa Bay Link
Final Friday Poetry Slam United States Inactive New Mexico Albuquerque Link
Providence Poetry Slam United States Active Rhode Island Providence Link
Lizard Lounge Poetry Slam Team United States Active Massachusetts Cambridge Link
FIST (Florida Invitation Slam Tournament) United States Active Florida Daytona Beach Link
Suffern Poetry United States Active New York Nyack Link
Mesa Poetry Slam United States Inactive Arizona Mesa Link
Mentally Distilled Poetry Slam United States Inactive Michigan Grand Rapids Link
MASPoetry Slam United States Inactive New Mexico Albuquerque Link
Say What Upstate Poetry Slam United States Active South Carolina Greenville Link
Mill City Slam United States Active Massachusetts Lowell Link
Main Street Art & Culture Slam United States Active Florida Deland Link
Slam of Steel United States Active Idaho Boise Link
Phoenix Poetry Slam United States Active Arizona Phoenix Link
SlamULIT United States Inactive Missouri Kansas City
Poetry & Beer United States Active New Mexico Albuquerque Link
Knoxville Poetry Slam United States Active Tennessee Knoxville Link

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