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 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — It’s not often that “thinking inside the box” is lauded as a winning strategy. But for ...

Poetry is alive and well in Sedona and the Verde Valley, exemplified by events over the last week. At the dedication on ...

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 ...

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.

The PoetSmiley’s inaugural Bless the Mic slam poetry contest was held on June 14 at the WCR Center for the Arts in Reading. The sold-out event drew poets and audiences from across Philadelphia, New ...

File photo by Don Nelson From left, competitors in the 2025 Poetry Out Loud contest at The Merc Playhouse were Liam Kiefer, Firn Pepper, Aliyah Odion, third-place finisher Elliot Pixie-Plott, ...

After a brief winter hiatus, the Flagstaff Poetry Slam is back in action. The weekly event takes place on Wednesday evenings at Firecreek Coffee Co. in downtown Flagstaff and rounds up local poets and ...