London Poetry Slam

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Congrats Eric, our Indies Qualifier Slam winner!

Posted on January 23, 2017

Congratulations to Eric for winning our January Indies Qualifier Slam! Eric will be traveling to Vancouver in April 2017 to compete at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam against 40 top poets from across the country. CIPS (“Indies”) is part of Verses Festival. To learn more about CIPS, click here

Congrats Alan, our Indies Qualifier Slam winner!

Posted on January 18, 2016

Congratulations to Alan for winning our January Indies Qualifier Slam! Alan will be travelling to Vancouver in April 2016 to compete at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam against 40 top poets from across the country. CIPS (“Indies”) is part of Verses Festival. To learn more about CIPS, click here

Indies Qualifier Slam – now in January!

Posted on November 15, 2015

Every year the London Poetry Slam names a poet who travels to Vancouver in April to represent our fine city and slam at the Canadian Individial Poetry Slam (Indies/CIPS), part of Verses Festival. Last year in February ten top poets from our standings battled it out in our first ever Indies Qualifier Slam, a 1-2-3 … read more

LPS + Austen Berlet Campout, March 28th

Posted on March 12, 2015

For the first time, London Poetry Slam is proud to partner with the Austen Berlet Campout for Mental Health on Saturday March 28th, 2015 in Victoria Park. We welcome poets to join our set from 5-6pm (please email [email protected] or contact us via social media if you wish to share a poem). More about ABCampout: … read more

WordsFest Oct 24-26th

Posted on October 23, 2014

WordsFest is coming to London, a new literary & creative arts festival featuring all things wordy! Check it out this weekend (Oct 24-26th), beginning with an opening night reception (or our Oct slam which is also part of the opening night festivities). Then celebrate and support London arts & culture all weekend by attending any/all … read more