LINKS:

The Austin Poetry Slam
Meet the hosts of the 1998 National Poetry Slam!

Check out the Weather Forecast here in Austin
Some like it hot, and some sweat when the heat is on. Some feel the heat and they feel like they can't go on.

SlamNation
Info and links for Paul Devlin's film, playing in Austin the week of the Nationals!

SLAM
Info and Links for Marc Levin's award-winning film, starring Saul Williams and Sonja Sohn.

Poetry Slam NEWS
Michael R. Brown's Boston-based Slam Newsletter, and one of the
best sources of Slam-community news around.

The Mining Company Poetry Guide
is another terrific site run by Bob Holman & Margery Snyder.

http://www.slampapi.com/
Marc Smith, father of The Slam, has his own website!

A Brief History of Slam
A Biography of the evolving Poetry Movement by Kurt Heintz

The Albuquerque Poet
exists as a forum and publishing medium for internet-accessed poets and writers.

Poetry Slam - National Conferences and Divisions
National Poetry Slam teams organized into divisions and conferences. Developed by Greg Madden

A Little Bit Louder

Nuyorican Poets Cafe

The Lake Eden Arts Festival
Get all the details on the upcoming LEAF Slam!

Ann Arbor's Poetry Forum
Home of The World Wide Poetry Registry and The Ann Arbor Poetry Festival

The Boston Poetry Slam
run by Michael R. Brown and Patricia Smith

The Raleigh Poetry Slam
the Triangle's home for Spoken Word.

Ozark Poets & Writers Collective
Although the Ozark Mountains spread across four states, the center
of this renaissance is Fayetteville, Arkansas

OKlahoma City Slam

The Chico Poetry Slam

The Swedish Poetry Slam!

The Bristol Poetry Slam
hosted by Glenn Carmichael and Claire Williamson

Telepoetics
is a nonprofit organization devoted to presenting contemporary poetics through the provision of interactive poetry-related presentations, products and services. Based in Los Angeles.

Edgewise ElectroLit Centre
is a non-profit organization and electronic forum that operates on several planes.

Mouth Almighty Records
The first and only major record label in the US devoted exclusively to the art of poetry, the phenomenon of the Spoken Word.

The World Heavyweight Championship Poetry Bout
The mission of the WPBA is to promote and nurture the literary arts of the Southwest region and the world through performances, readings, workshops, publishing and awards.

Poetry Hi-Fi
Poetry from left of the dial.

Poetry Alive
performance poetry troupe in Asheville, NC. and hosts of the Asheville Poetry Festival.

Slam Catchen
poetry slam in Deutschland! (in German)

The Fairfield Review Literary Ezine
Connecticut Slam Venues

The DeadBEAT Poetics

The Phoenix Poetry Slam