2026 Say What?! Greenville Grand Slam for Wits End Poetry

January 25th Say What!? Greenville Grand Slam to determine the 2026 Wits End Poetry/Say What Slam Team. All poets have pre-qualified by participating in previous poetry slams to earn points. A poetry slam is a performance poetry competition judged by five randomly chosen members of the audience. Up to twelve local poets qualify for the three-round poetry slam. After the first round, only eight poets will perform in the second round, and only four poets will perform in the final round. Finalists will become the new 2026 Poetry Slam Team. 5th place will become alternate. Each poet will perform original poems without musical accompaniment, props, or costumes within the three-minute time limit. They will be judged on a scale of zero to ten with the lowest and the highest scores dropped to give the highest possible score of thirty. All poetry styles welcome. Host Black Phoenix.

Coffee Underground, 1 E Coffee St., Greenville, SC 29601. 7:30 pm. $10.

Entry is only guaranteed to those with advanced tickets. Non-sold out shows have tickets for sale at the door via credit card, paypal, cash or cashapp. $witsendpoetry

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ALL TICKETS CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SHOW BY EMAILING [email protected] before 7:30. Full refunds are available for cancellations 7 days in advance.

Current information for all shows available at our Facebook page or www.witsendpoetry.com

Night will be filmed and broadcast at our YouTube Channel CarolinaPoets!

Produced by Wits End Poetry, these poetry events are made possible in part by the generous support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Metropolitan Arts Council with funds received from the City of Greenville, BMW Manufacturing Company, Michelin North America, Inc., SEW Eurodrive and the South Carolina Arts Commission. More information at www.witsendpoetry.com.

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