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 ascending State/Province City Main Website
St. Louis Poetry Slam United States Inactive Missouri St. Louis Link
Fort Worth Poetry Slam United States Inactive Texas Fort Worth Link
Siren Slam United States Inactive Arizona Flagstaff Link
Final Friday Poetry Slam United States Inactive New Mexico Albuquerque Link
Louder Arts United States Inactive New York New York Link
Milwaukee Poetry Slam United States Inactive Wisconsin Milwaukee
Mesa Poetry Slam United States Inactive Arizona Mesa Link
MASPoetry Slam United States Inactive New Mexico Albuquerque Link
San Diego Poetry Slam United States Inactive California San Diego Link
The Intangible Slam United States Inactive New York New York Link
Spoken Word in the City United States Inactive Mississippi Jackson
Slam Aztlan United States Inactive New Mexico Albuquerque Link
The Payday Slam United States Inactive California San Diego Link
Union Square Slam United States Inactive New York New York Link
Palatine Poetry Slam United States Inactive Illinois Palatine Link
McKinney Poetry Slam United States Inactive Texas McKinney Link
Worcester Poetry Slam - Poets' Asylum United States Inactive Massachusetts Worcester Link
Black Pearl Poetry United States Inactive Arizona Tempe Link
Team Speak On It United States Inactive Mississippi Louisville Link
Urbana Poetry Slam United States Inactive New York New York Link

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