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
Lake Effect Poetry United States Active Ohio Canton Link
Queen City Poetry Slam United States Inactive Ohio Cincinnati Link
She Speaks United States Inactive Ohio Cleveland Link
Red Dirt Poetry Slam United States Active Oklahoma Oklahoma City Link
Portland Poetry Slam United States Active Oregon Portland Link
The Pigeon Presents: The Philadelphia Poetry Slam United States Active Pennsylvania Philadelphia Link
The Fuze United States Active Pennsylvania Philadelphia Link
Steel City Slam United States Active Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Link
Providence Poetry Slam United States Active Rhode Island Providence Link
Say What Upstate Poetry Slam United States Active South Carolina Greenville Link
Knoxville Poetry Slam United States Active Tennessee Knoxville Link
FrontEra Poetry Slam United States Active Texas El Paso Link
Ballabajoomba Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Corpus Christi Link
Dallas Poetry Grind United States Inactive Texas Dallas Link
The Dallas Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Dallas Link
Free Hole Slam United States Active Texas El Paso Link
Fort Worth Poetry Slam United States Inactive Texas Fort Worth Link
Houston VIP Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Houston Link
Write About Now United States Active Texas Houston Link
Bayou City Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Houston Link

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