Marc Kelly Smith had a great idea in the early 1980s: make poetry readings more palatable. He had thought, “Why is this artform that I have been writing and reading most of my life presented onstage ...

"Poetry is sort of like the most distilled and … honest form of literature," said Boston Gordon, co-producer of the event and ...

When McDaniel High School librarian Nancy Sullivan originally started the first youth poetry slam competitions in Portland in 2005, she didn’t have any concept of the new event’s staying power.

Poetry Week will also include Bee Balm’s regular Community Revision Night hosted on the 13th of every month at the Graduate ...

There was trophy glory at hand for a Moray primary school when they took on the rest of Scotland at a poetry contest.

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WILLIAMSBURG — This Friday, Williamsburg will be center stage for the state’s biggest slam poetry event when the Virginia Team Poetry Slam Championship comes to the Kimball Theatre. Originally called ...

Were you Seen at the third annual Capital Region Poetry Slam on April 23, 2025, at Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer? Twenty students from 10 local high schools competed in the showdown on Shakespeare ...

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 ...

As the Twin Cities’ slam poetry scene rebuilds, BuckSlam — a new organization dedicated to the style of competitive poetry performance — has quickly established itself at the forefront. Now, as its ...

Palmore is also co-directing after just finishing a successful run in 4th Wall’s “Between Riverside and Crazy.” He has won ...