POETS - WANT TO REPRESENT BOSTON IN NYC?
Hello Poet!
To close out 2025, we have a 🎊surprise🎊 announcement – the January Slam Adams will be the BOSTON QUALIFIER for the regional Rep Yo City Slam in New York City, put on by @creativesoulhouse. The Rep Yo City Slam is an individual slam consisting of selected poets from cities across the East Coast. Each city can send three representatives, so this Slam Adams, the top THREE poets will be sent to New York City to represent Boston in the slam on January 31st. Visit @creativesoulhouse for more info on the slam.
If you would like to sign up, please email brynna@bostonpoetryslam.com. There are 10 spots in total. At the moment, there are only a few spots left, but we will have a waitlist, so be there in case a spot opens up!
The slam will follow normal slam rules (3 min time limit, no costume props or musical accompaniment, scored on a scale of 0-10).
The draw for the slam will be at 6:30, so all slammers must be at Sam Adams by that time.
Want to go to New York on the 31st just to witness the slam itself? Buy tickets here.
General info about Slam Adams:
Looking for another poetry show? Looking to try out slamming in a low-stakes, highly-supportive environment? Do you like beer of the alcoholic or non-alcoholic varieties? Is "every Wednesday" simply not enough for you? Behold! Boston Poetry Slam has a monthly slam series at the Sam Adams Brewery in Jamaica Plain, appropriately named "Slam Adams."
Slam Adams is every first Monday of the month, from 6-8pm. It is slam-only, meaning no open mic. Cover is $4, but if you volunteer to judge you may get in free! Sign ups for the slam take place IN ADVANCE - if you would like to sign up, email brynna@bostonpoetryslam.com.
Let’s let the community know! If you live in the Jamaica Plain area, we encourage you to SPREAD THE WORD to your neighbors - here is a link to a flyer which you can print out and put up at your favorite local cafe/bar/bookstore/etc.
Coming up at the Cantab:
1/1 - New Year’s Day Write-a-thon!
1/7 - Erica Miriam Fabri
1/14 - OPEN SLAM
1/21 - Ally Ang
1/28 - OPEN SLAM
We want your feedback and ideas! Take our community survey now!
CALLING ALL BOSTON POETRY SLAM ATTENDEES! Do you have suggestions to improve the show? Features you’d like to see? Themed slam ideas? Perhaps something you’d been looking to share with our staff? We heavily encourage you to participate in our COMMUNITY SURVEY! We want to hear from you to help our show be the best it can be, and who better to provide that feedback than our community? The form can be found HERE or our website bostonpoetryslam.com. Still unsure? Talk to a staff member at our Wednesday night shows for more details.
About Boston Poetry Slam:
The core Boston Poetry Slam show runs at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, Mass. every Wednesday night, giving poets a chance to share their work in the open mic or slam and featuring a headlining poet or theme slam. Doors @7:15, show starts at 8pm. 21+. $4 cover (cash preferred, Venmo available). Follow our Instagram (below) for the most up-to-date info.
The show and its community are curated entirely by unpaid volunteers. Boston Poetry Slam Inc is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization in the United States. Donations (https://bostonpoetryslam.com/donate) are tax deductible to the full extent provided by the law.
Website: https://bostonpoetryslam.com/
Instagram: @bostonpoetryslam
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bostonpoetryslam
Our official zine, The Cantabernacle, is available online and at our Wednesday night shows! Submissions are also now open for the next issue, so please send us your work at michael@bostonpoetryslam.com
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Fill out our anonymous feedback form and/or contact questions@bostonpoetryslam.com
Newsletter Credits: Written by Amy Argentar, edited by Michael F. Gill