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 descending Active? State/Province City Main Website
Slam of Steel United States Active Idaho Boise Link
Fresh Water Wordsmiths United States Active Michigan Detroit Link
SlamULIT United States Inactive Missouri Kansas City
Art Amok! Atlanta Slam United States Active Georgia Decatur Link
Knoxville Poetry Slam United States Active Tennessee Knoxville Link
Hear, Here! United States Active Colorado Colorado Springs Link
Battle Born Slam United States Active Nevada Las Vegas Link
MACDeland Slam United States Active Florida Deland Link
Urban Echo Poetry Slam United States Inactive Michigan Detroit Link
Jersey Shore Poetry Slam United States Active New Jersey Jersey Shore Link
Java Monkey Slam United States Active Georgia Decatur Link
Slamarillo Poetry Slam United States Inactive Texas Amarillo Link
Full Moon Poets United States Active California Encinitas Link
Spoken Views Collective United States Active Nevada Reno Link
Kalamazoo Poetry Slam United States Inactive Michigan Kalamazoo Link
Roc Bottom Poetry Slam United States Active New York Rochester Link
Hawaii Slam United States Active Hawaii Honolulu Link
Inkwell Poetry Slam United States Active Texas Arlington Link
Humboldt Poetry Slam United States Active California Eureka Link
Nitty Gritty Slam United States Active New York Albany Link

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