The Maricopa ARTS Council is pleased to announce the 8th annual All-Arizona Poetry Slam Championship!

This FREE event will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 
Global Water Resources 22590 Powers S. Maricopa, AZ 85138

Poets from across the state are competing to enter the Championship! to earn three money prizes awarded by MAC totaling $1,150. The first-place poet will receive a cash prize of $500, with second prize winning $400, and third prize collecting $250!

The event will be hosted by MAC’s clever and experienced Slam Master, Thomas Cooper, a slam poet who has been performing around Phoenix since 2018 and and is a prize-winner at MAC’s previous All-ARIZONA Slam Championships. He’s published several collections, a recent title being Revenge of the Snowflakes. , and has competed with teams at regional poetry competitions. For questions, please contact him at [email protected].

The AUDIENCE will judge the competition! So be there early to get a PRIME seat! Poets compete over three elimination rounds, and poems should be kept to traditional SLAM standards (poems must be original work, the performance will not include any props, costumes, or musical accompaniment, and WILL BE TIMED – if poems are longer than 3 minutes, the poet will be penalized!)

THIS IS A FREE-SPEECH EVENT – you may hear poems of an adult nature, possibly with strong language.

**Doors open at Global Water Center at 5:00 PM for Art-on-the-Spot presented by prominent Maricopa artist Kaui Wilson. Poetry begins at 6:15 PM.

** •• More about MAC’s All-Maricopa Poetry Slam Championship on FB at: https://www.facebook.com/events/345506855083118/?active_tab=discussion

Visit past Slam videos at MAC’s Youtube site Celebrating Maricopa’s Arts! to see 30 videos of past MAC events, including the 2023 All-AZ Championship! Slam https://www.youtube.com/@celebratingmaricopasarts8906