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The Seattle Poetry Slam has a new home:
NOW on - Tuesdays !!!!
Please join us in making Re-bar the best place to see OUTSTANDING spoken word.
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2010 GRAND SLAM TIXX NOW AVAILABLE
W/ Featured Poet Joaquin Zihuatenejo - 2008 World Poetry Slam Champ
Sunday April 25th @ Town Hall
ALL AGES
Seattle Poetry Slam Presents its Annual Grand Slam: the final competition to determine who will comprise the four-member team of performance poets to represent Seattle at the National Poetry Slam in St. Paul, MN this August.
Click HERE to get the Early Bird Discount tix price
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Every Tuesday night at Re-bar the Seattle Poetry Slam hosts a spoken word blow-out unlike anything you’ve seen before!
Join us and take part in a supportive community that LOVES the word - written AND spoken.
Each week we showcase an OPEN MIC, A FEATURED POET and A SLAM.
Signups @ 8pm, Open Mic @ 8:30pm, Featured Poet @ 9pm, SLAM @ 10pm
21 & over, ID required, $5 cover
(Check our “Upcoming” Page for more info on future slams and features)
THE SLAM is a performance poetry competition with three simple rules:
- Poets must perform their own original work
- No props, costumes or musical accompaniment
- Poets have three minutes to perform their piece
Each poet will earn a score between 0 and 10 awarded by randomly-picked judges from the audience. Scores are based on content, originality and performance. The winning poets get prizes and a chance at representing Seattle on the national and international level. Annually, Seattle sends poets to:
- National Poetry Slam - up to 84 teams of poets from cities across the U.S. and Canada compete for the championship title
- Individual World Poetry Slam - decides the rank of best slam poet in the world
- Women of the World Poetry Slam - showcasing the top female spoken word artists of the past and present
Seattle teams consistently make the semi-finals and have repeatedly made the finals at Nationals. Two years in a row a Seattle Slam team member has won the title of National Poetry Slam Indie Champion. In 2006 it was, Anis Mojgani, and in 2007 it was Danny Sherrard. And Buddy Wakefield has brought home the title of Individual World Poetry Slam Champion in 2004 AND 2005. In 2008 Seattle took 5th in the Group Piece competition, and brought home a 2nd place trophy in 2009!
While the slam can sometimes get heated and competitive, this community always holds true to the famous words of Slam Poet Allan Wolff:
“The point is not the points, the point is the poetry.”
To get a taste of the poetic circus that is the slam, check us out on…
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/seattlepoetryslam
Facebook: www.hs.facebook.com/seattlepoetryslam.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlepoetryslam/
For press coverage of Seattle Poetry Slam, please visit The Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly(2008), and Seattle Weekly (2009)
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Congrats to the 2009 Seattle National Slam Team:
Tara Hardy, Karen Finneyfrock, coach Daemond Arrindell, Greg Bee and Maya Hersh who brought home the 2nd place trophy for the GROUP PIECE competition at the National Poetry Slam!!!
Click HERE for a recap of our biggest show of the year, the 2009 Grand Slam.
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_______________________________________________________________How can I get on the mic?Sign-ups are from 8-8:30pm. Poets have two options: the Open Mic OR the SLAM. There are 6 spots available on the OPEN MIC and 8 spots for the SLAM. If there are more sign ups than slots, readers are drawn lottery style for fairness.SEATTLE POETRY SLAM8pm, Wednesdays at SPITFIRE2219 4th Ave., Seattle, Wa 98121$5 cover, 21 and over, ID requiredEmail: info@seattlepoetryslam.org