A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary...
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The National Poetry Slam (NPS) was a performance poetry competition where teams from across the United States, Canada, and, occasionally, Europe and Australia...
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Spoken word (redirect from Spoken word poetry)
"catchall" term that includes any kind of poetry recited aloud, including poetry readings, poetry slams, jazz poetry, pianologues, musical readings, and hip...
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Poetry Slam, Inc. (PSi) is a non-profit organization that runs three poetry slams: the National Poetry Slam (NPS), the Individual World Poetry Slam (iWPS)...
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The Austin Poetry Slam (APS) is one of the longest running poetry venues in Texas. Founded in 1994 by Wammo of the Asylum Street Spankers and helmed for...
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The Individual World Poetry Slam (iWPS) is a yearly poetry slam tournament put on by Poetry Slam, Inc. that pits individual slam poets from around the...
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technically not a poetry slam, Def Poetry has become heavily associated with the poetry slam movement, and utilizes many of poetry slam's best-known poets...
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Melissa Lozada-Oliva (section Poetry)
based in New York. Her poem "Like Totally Whatever" won the 2015 National Poetry Slam Championship and went viral. Lozada-Oliva was born and raised in...
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Patricia Smith (poet) (section Poetry)
four-time individual National Poetry Slam champion and appeared in the 1996 documentary SlamNation, which followed various poetry slam teams as they competed...
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Andrea Gibson (section Poetry)
Grand Slam Champion, Gibson finished fourth at the 2004 National Poetry Slam, and third at both the 2006 and 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam. In 2008...
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Mojgani, two-time National Poetry Slam Champ; and Danny Sherrard, 2007 National Poetry Slam Champ and 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam Champ. Seattle also...
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SlamNation is a 1998 documentary film by director Paul Devlin. The film follows the National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon. It follows the 1996 Nuyorican...
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The College Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI) is an annual Poetry Slam tournament put on by the Association of College Unions International (ACUI)...
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Rudy Francisco (section Poetry career)
American spoken word poet and writer. He has won several poetry slams and written six books of poetry: Getting Stitches, Scratch, No Gravity, No Gravity Part...
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Australian Poetry Slam is an annual poetry slam competition run within Australia. Contestants of all ages, experiences and talents perform live and are...
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introduced by American Book Prize winner Kimiko Hahn and four-time National Poetry Slam champion Patricia Smith. In 2019, the event was hosted by poet Mahogany...
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an American songwriter and National Poetry Slam champion from Los Angeles, California. Schmalholz describes his poetry as a reflection of his own experiences...
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Marc Smith (poet) (category Slam poets)
1949) is an American poet and founder of the poetry slam movement, for which he received the nickname Slam Papi. Smith was born in 1949 and grew up on...
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Ernest Cline (category Slam poets)
Austin Poetry Slam Teams at the 1998 Austin National Poetry Slam and the 2001 Seattle National Poetry Slam. His most popular spoken-word pieces include...
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Dingfelder, Sadie (August 15, 2014). "D.C.'s Beltway Poetry Slam triumphs at the National Poetry Slam". Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2016. "Shestack...
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Poetry Slam (WoWPS) (since 2021 known as Womxn of the World Poetry Slam) is an annual international poetry competition and festival. The poetry slam is...
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"Say Yes" music video. From 2003 to 2004, he participated in the National Poetry Slam competition, placing top 5 overall. Hardwick finally got his break...
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Janae Johnson (category Slam poets)
She is the co-founder of poetry venues, The House Slam in Boston, and The Root Slam in the Bay Area. Johnson started her slam career at the Cantab, and...
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Porsha Olayiwola (category Slam poets)
ranked 4th out of 66 teams. 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, Phoenix 2015 National Poetry Slam Champion, Oakland The Boston Foundation Brother...
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Jamie DeWolf (category Slam poets)
Oakland, California. DeWolf is best known for his early career as a slam poetry champion, his award-winning films for Youth Speaks Bigger Picture Project...
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San Francisco's National Poetry Festival as the backdrop for the first National Poetry Slam." To promote the first National Poetry Slam, Glazner used such...
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Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz (category Slam poets)
Ernest Cline, whom she met at the 1998 National Poetry Slam. Aptowicz was introduced to the New York City Poetry Slam community by NYU classmate, Beau Sia...
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Los Angeles' Slam and Spoken Word Poetry Communities”, an essay addressing the prevalence of sexism at Da Poetry Lounge. In 2018, Da Poetry Lounge was hosted...
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Saul Williams (category Slam poets)
He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 independent film Slam and the 2013 jukebox musical Holler...
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Venice Beach (California) in the 1998 National Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas. McDaniel has not performed in a poetry slam since the late 1990s. After grad school...
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