Every Wednesday night at Spitfire, 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.

(Check our “Upcoming” Page for more info on future slams and features)

THE SLAM is a performance poetry competition with three simple rules:

1. Poets must perform their own original work
2. No props, costumes or musical accompaniment
3. Poets have three minutes to perform their pie

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 post 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.

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 out our Myspace page: www.myspace.com/seattlepoetryslam.

For press coverage of Seattle Poetry Slam, please visit The Seattle Times.

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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 SLAM
8pm, Wednesdays at SPITFIRE
2219 4th Ave., Seattle, Wa 98121
$5 cover, 21 and over, ID required

Email: info@seattlepoetryslam.org