Houston Poetry Slam

Do you want to be a member of the 2010 Houston Slam Team? Then register yourself or your two man team now and for as many slams as you want, but new slammers take priority over ranked slammers. We can slam up to 8 poets per night. To reserve a spot in a slam fill out the form below. There is a registration fee. And be sure to read the rules.

The open season to compete for a spot on the Houston Slam Team is open to any and all poets in the Houston area beginning August 19, 2009 and continuing through January 19, 2010. February 1 – 5, 2010 will be our playoff week for top ranking poets from the regular season to make it to the Houston Slam Team Grand Slam Final on February 6th, where the top 4 poets and an alternate become the 2010 Houston Slam Team. Beginning August 19, 2009 Houston Poetry Slam will be returning to one of our original home venues, Avaunt Garden which will host us every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Put “individual” in the subject field to register as an individual poet.

Put “team” in the subject field to register your team. Teams are limited to two poets. Let us know if you have a team name.

Be sure to include the date of the slam in which you want to compete in your message.

August 19, 2009 – The Homecoming Slam featuring Jerome Washington and Global Village.
Registered Slam Poets: Fluent1, Jem, Khalid.

September 16, 2009 – featuring Ft. Worth poet Shell’s.
Poets/Teams registered for 1st slam: Team Jambalaya, Chesca, Khalid, and Choice
Poets/Teams registered for 2nd slam:River (top ranked), Jem, Fluent1, and Qaadir.

October 21, 2009 – featuring local poet Marie Brown
Registered Slam Poets: Jem, Khalid, River,Shelz
Qaadir, Team Jambalaya, Outspoken, Nyne, .

November 18, 2009 – featuring New Orleans own Sunny Patterson
Registered Slam Poets: Phat Boi 6, Qaadir, River, Outspoken, Nyne, Jem, Khalid, Shelz.

December 16, 2009 – featuring Marcell Murphy
Registered Slam Poets:
Registered Slam Poets: Qaadir, Outspoken, Nyne, Jem, Khalid, Fluent1, Team Jambalaya ( register for open spots).

January 20, 2010
Registered Slam Poets: Jem, Khalid, Alex, fluent1.
Registered Slam Poets: , Nyne, Shelz, Qaadir,Choice(register for open spots).