Editor’s note: This column was written earlier this school year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures. Although many people may not consider Slam Poetry a sport, it holds the ...

Just in case you are wondering, a slam poetry competition does not include MMA-style cage-fighting while reciting lines. The North Platte High School poetry club is headed to the statewide competition ...

The Mercury Cafe’s slam poetry team isn’t resting on its laurels. Many key members of the Merc’s competitive poetry team are still out of state, having earned a spot in the semifinals during the ...

April is National Poetry Month and this year’s Women of the World Poetry Slam took over Baltimore’s poetry scene for the first time. Thanks to the Black Arts District, the city had a chance to ...

Teenagers with a passion for poetry can now submit their work for a chance to win prizes at Kent District Library's Write Michigan Teen Poetry Contest. The contest is open to teens in grades 6-12 ...

Last weekend, Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design’s joint poetry slam team sent members Kris Cho ’22, Blessed Sheriff ’19, Dāa Guy RISD ’19 and Manuel Ávalos ’19 to take part in the College ...

Citing a rising popularity in the performance-based art of slam poetry, the Western Colorado Writers' Forum has organized what is thought to be the first official Slam Poetry Competition in Grand ...

LEFT: Reading from his slam poem “Labels” at the Ralston Arena is Ralston High School junior Lance Otto. Otto is in his first year of competition with the Avenue Scholars slam poetry team and competed ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — According to the dictionary, a Poetry Slam is a competition using elimination rounds for the reading of poetry. Recently, Explore Community School in East Nashville held its ...