The Speakout! Youth Poetry Collective will be returning to a WEEKLY open reading/slam format starting November 23rd! During the first season back in 2003-2004, we did weekly readings & we found out back then that it really provided consistency & momentum that's been missing with the venue changes in the last couple years. We're hoping that a return to weekly status will help take us to the next level as a community.

Speakout! will be working in association with the Clark University Slam Team in sponsoring the Worcester Youth Slam!!! We will be holding readings on Saturday's at The Bistro located in the Higgins Student Center at Clark (950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610). The reading will run from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

In our short history, we've gone from non-profit art gallery to coffee shop & now we're taking our show on campus!!! Clark's had a strong poetry slam scene for the past several years, with some crossover between students there who've also competed on our youth slam teams. I personally feel that Clark's central location, their history of community outreach and the general academic & cultural atmosphere found on a college campus will help to provide an amazing opportunity for us to create an inspiring & thriving background for our young poets to show off their stuff.

Please contact worcesteryouthslam2004@yahoo.com for more information.

The Youth Poetry Slam creates an opportunity for young writers to perform & share their poetry, while giving them a chance to represent Worcester at the Brave New Voices Festival in 2009.

Poetry Slam is the competitive art of performance poetry, where poets perform their original work, no props, musical accompaniment or animal acts, for randomly selected judges (picked from the audience) who will score their work based on content & performance. It's theater, it's fun, it's literature, it's community, it's a movement!!!