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 ...

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 ...

High school students performed their original and powerfully written poetry on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The students were scored on performance elements, such as facial expressions, delivery, and ...

More than 80 poets, $5,000 in prizes and new youth events as Albuquerque’s Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival takes over, March ...

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 ...

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 ...

IOWA CITY — It’s not often that “thinking inside the box” is lauded as a winning strategy. But for spoken word poet Henry Morray, it’s the introduction to a winning piece of art. “These days, I’m ...

The Vermilion Poetry Society has announced that it will host its first Poetry Slam Contest, according to a news release. The event will take place July 24 at the Vermilion Boat Club, at 5416 Liberty ...

Brittany Shostak lets the audience dictate her poetry. Shostak is a slam poet who will compete in this weekend's Tucson Poetry Festival. It's only after going through the first "nerve-racking" round ...

This isn’t the goateed poet in the coffeehouse dive, sporting his beret, sipping an absurdly tiny espresso and passively mumbling a few verses about his gerbil. All while no one in the audience ...

Lincoln High School's slam poetry team will perform Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the ballroom at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union. "We would love staff and community to attend and show some ...

Iowa City has always been a hub for writers from all walks of life. Whether in attendance at the University of Iowa’s renowned Writer’s Workshop or a participant in the various events hosted by UNESCO ...