This is a ONE TIME ONLY EVENT - no feature or open mic. They are trying to put a team of 4-6 youth poets (age 13-19) together for a trip to the 11th Annual Brave New Voices National Youth Slam Festival (www.youthspeaks.org) to compete against 44 teams from around the country this July in Washington, DC.

The youth slam is looking to hopefully re-establish a regular reading and slam series in September. Meanwhile come out and support this special event if you can.

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 2008.

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!!!