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
Out-Spoken United States Active New Mexico Albuquerque Link
The Rich Oak Alchemy Slam United States Active California Oakland Link
Untitled Open Mic United States Active Massachusetts Lowell Link
Ruckus Slam Australia Active Queensland Brisbane Link
Providence Poetry Slam United States Active Rhode Island Providence Link
Rockford Certified Slam United States Active Illinois Rockford Link
Queen's Poetry Slam Canada Active Ontario Kingston Link
Hammer and Tongue United Kingdom Active Bristol Link
The Speak Tank United States Active Florida Tampa Bay Link
Respect da mic United States Active North Carolina Charlotte Link
Hot Springs Valley Open Mic Night United States Active Arkansas
Fuck Yeah Poetry Slam! United States Active California San Francisco Link
Suffern Poetry United States Active New York Nyack Link
Rockland Poets United States Active New York Nyack Link
The S.A.F.E.! Words! Poetry! Slam! United States Active Florida Orlando Link
Ruckus Slam Australia Active Victoria Northcote Link
Say What Upstate Poetry Slam United States Active South Carolina Greenville Link
Kitchener-Waterloo Poetry Slam Canada Active Ontario Kitchener Link
Speak Out: Slammageddon United States Active Maryland Baltimore
Hammer and Tongue United Kingdom Active Cambridge Link

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