To find out more about the spoken word community, please visit the websites of these fine organizations:

The Shunpike - Seattle Poetry Slam’s fiscal sponsor. Helping to foster sustainability among Seattle Arts organizations and programs

Poetry Slam, Inc. - the official non-profit in charge of organizing the international coalition of poetry slams. They are responsible for putting together the National Slam Championship, IWPS, and WOWPS

Seattle Slam Youtube Channel - catch video footage from the latest shows of our featured performers, some of our open mic readers and the best of the slam competitors.

Karen Finneyfrock’s blog - our own slam legend, host and Seattle Slam team member has a blog of her own - with highlights of the slam, info on her upcoming shows and much more.

Flickr - the slam’s own archive of photos starting this season, caugt by our own resident Photog Andi.

Youth Speaks Seattle - The premier non-profit literary arts organization for youth serving Seattle and the greater Puget Sound region. Offering first-class spoken word and poetry programming, including in-school and after-school writing workshops, performance opportunities, and teacher trainings.

Bent Writing Institute - began as the dream of queer poet Tara Hardy, longing for a bigger community of queer writers. Now its mission is to promote and encourage written and spoken word among LGBTIQ people and in our communities.

Poetry Night - a wonderful and vibrant community of poets and poetry lovers nestled in Bellingham, Wa. They host an all-ages evening of spoken word and acoustic performances occuring every Monday night at Fantasia Coffee.

Arts Corps - the largest nonprofit arts educator in the Seattle area in Seattle

Writers in the Schools - a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures that employs a number of Seattle Slam poets to teach poetry in Seattle public schools

Live Poets - the product of former Seattle Poet Gabrielle Bouliane - a fantastic place to catch video and audio samples of some of the best spoken word artists today.