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A slam poetry 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, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery.
Poetry Slam, Inc. was established in 1997 to oversee and enforce the rules of the National Poetry Slam. [1] Their mission is "to promote the performance and creation of poetry while cultivating literary activities and spoken word events in order to build audience participation, stimulate creativity, awaken minds, foster education, inspire ...
The StorySLAM is a live storytelling competition in the vein of poetry slams [1] organized by The Moth, a non-profit literary society from New York City, since 2001. Storytellers (slammers) have 5 minutes each to tell a story, based on a theme chosen for the event. [2] No notes are allowed: stories must be told and not read.
Australian Poetry Slam Youth (formerly The Rumble Youth Slam until 2018) is a youth poetry slam held annually by Word Travels alongside the Australian Poetry Slam. It is open to young artists between the ages of 12 and 18, and consists of a series of heats in which young poets are encouraged to practice as well as workshops allowing them to ...
The National Poetry Slam (NPS) was a performance poetry competition where teams from across the United States, Canada, and, occasionally, Europe and Australia, participate in a large-scale poetry slam. The event occurred in early August every year and in different U.S. cities.
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Women of the World Poetry Slam This page was last edited on 13 July 2016, at 18:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Seedings are based on this week's US LBM Coaches Poll and rules of the College Football Playoff format: Oregon* Texas* BYU* Miami* Ohio State. Tennessee. Penn State. Indiana. Notre Dame. Alabama ...