Ten local high school students will take the stage at the Academy of Music on Saturday, April 5, at 7 p.m. to compete in the Third Annual Academy Regional Youth Poetry Slam. The event, a ...

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.

TEXARKANA, Ark. - The community was invited to the Salvation Army of Texarkana’s Boys and Girls Club Wednesday to watch young poets compete in their first poetry slam.

Renee Jackson, left, and Brandon Bowman brainstorm ideas during a poetry workshop Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Texarkana, Arkansas, ahead of TRAHC and the Boys and Girls Club's first-ever poetry slam.

The creator of slam poetry has started a podcast, “Thru the Mill with Marc Kelly Smith,” about his life and career as well as the roots of the spoken-word competition.

NORTHBEAST POETRY SLAM. At the Foundry, 101 Rogers St. July 20-21 at noon. Tickets are $25 for all-access passes and $10 for just the slam finals. eventbrite.com.

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 ...

TEXARKANA, Ark. — Young poets from the Salvation Army of Texarkana's Boys and Girls Club took center stage at their first poetry slam, held in partnership with the Texarkana Regional ...