Poets from across the state will compete for top honors and cash prizes next month at the ninth annual All-Arizona Poetry Slam Championship hosted by the Maricopa ARTS Council.  The […] ...

Ten local high school students will take the stage at the Academy of Music on Saturday, April 5, at 7 p.m. to compete in the Third Annual Academy Regional Youth Poetry Slam. The event, a competition ...

Local native Marc Smith coined the term “poetry slam” in 1986 to describe the cabaret-style poetry competition he was hosting at the Green Mill in Uptown, which he’d designed to get the ...

It is time for slam poetry to hit Nicosia again. On Monday and Tuesday the annual event will bring together poetry lovers and enthusiasts of the spoken word to enjoy performers from Cyprus and abroad ...

The Laredo Border Slam Finals will feature a thrilling poetry showdown as top poets vie for a place on the 2024 team.

showcases and slam competition. This year the festival will be held in Madison, Wisconsin. Since 2023, the Word — a spoken word poetry education program in New Haven — has organized and funded a ...

Do you ever think about how poetry’s is relevant to politics? Dujie Tahat does. Tahat is Seattle’s new Civic Poet for the ...

With the theme of “Sweet Resistance,” this year’s Teen Spoken Word Festival will feature workshops, poetry slam competitions, performances, and a multitude of activities tailored to inspire and engage ...

The second annual Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival returns to Albuquerque for five days this week, drawing over 75 of the top poets and spoken word artists from 30 cities across the United States. Like ...