Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam: Prelim 2 with MindShift

Watch young poets from all over the Bay Area compete to become a finalist at the international Brave New Voices youth poetry festival!

For over 25 years, the Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam has propelled spoken word around the globe.

This poetry slam is an olympic-style competition where poets have 3 minutes and 30 seconds to rock the stage and 5 judges will silently score each poem. The Teen Poetry Slam consists of 4 rounds — preliminaries, semi-finals, last chance and finals.

The top 10 competing poets from this show will advance to the Semi Finals on March 27th at the San Francisco Public Library from 6-8:30pm.

How to Compete

The slam is open to anyone 19 and under! The sign up list will open at 5:00pm at the check in table. 25 slots are available. Performers will make the list on a first come first serve basis and the top scoring poet of the night will take home a monetary prize!

To make it on the list you must RSVP to the event in advance to be considered.

[[SIGN UP TO COMPETE HERE]]

*NOTE: You must separately register any accompanying guests for seats in the audience by using the “Register for In Person” button on this page. Space is limited and only attendees with tickets will be seated.