24th Annual Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam Registration
NYC poets, emcees, and writers ages 13-19 are invited to compete in the 24th Annual Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Slam, the largest and longest-running teen poetry competition in New York City! If you are a poet, writer, and/or emcee, come through! Registration and access to events is free for applicants.

Poets compete using original work in a Semi-Final Competition in either Brooklyn or the Bronx  in order to advance to the Grand Slam Finals on Friday, April 7th at Harlem’s own Schomburg Center for Black Culture.
Note: You can only compete in ONE prelim-final competition. Poems MUST be the poets own work, cannot include instrumentation, props, or costumes, and should be no longer than 3 and a half minutes (3:30) long. 
  • March 15 @ 5:30pm at Brooklyn Central (Grand Army Plaza Library)
    10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 in the Dweck Theater in the lower level

  • March 23 @ 5:30pm at Bronx Library Center
    310 E Kingsbridge Rd, The Bronx, NY 10458 in the lower level theater
The top 5 winners earn a spot on the Urban Word NYC Slam Team and an all-expenses paid trip to represent New York City at the Brave New Voices National Teen Poetry Festival in San Francisco this July. They also win opportunities to perform in high profile events, including NY Liberty WNBA games, regional slam competitions and more. 

If you would like to get some live practice for Slam Season please visit our FREE weekly open mic #UWFirstDraft every Tuesday from 5-6:30pm at Grae Wellness Space (89 5th Avenue between E 16th & 17th Street, 8th Floor, Manhattan). For details, visit: www.urbanword.org/youthprograms

Take the stage and speak your mind!

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Preliminary Round 

The Brooklyn Prelim has passed. Please click below to register for the Bronx March 23rd Slam.
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Final Schedule
If you advance past one of the Preliminary Round slams above, you are expected to attend the Slam Finalist Community Workshop on Thursday, March 30, 5:00pm - 6:30pm  Location to be announced

Finalists from the Preliminary Round will advance to the the Grand Slam Finals at the legendary Schomburg Center's Langston Hughes Theater on Friday, April 7, 2023, 6pm - 9pm.

To purchase tickets, visit www.urbanword.org/slam. For group tickets, email info@urbanwordnyc.org.
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