SLAMbassadors UK

SLAMbassadors UK - The Poetry Society’s pioneering performance poetry championship. The Poetry Society is proud to announce that Adisa The Verbalizer will be judging this year’s SLAMbassadors Championship alongside poet, and Artistic Director of SLAMbassadors UK, Joelle Taylor.

Adisa exploded onto the London performance poetry scene in 1993 and was championed as the ‘future of poetry’ by Benjamin Zephaniah. Adisa is a keen supporter of SLAMbassadors UK and is looking forward to seeing all the entries to the championship.

The Poetry Society’s SLAMbassadors UK is now open for entries. Wherever you are in the UK – if you have something to say on the theme of “Identity” – we want to hear it.

“Listening to last year’s Slam poets reinforced my belief in the power of the word. These poems were more powerful than any political speech, they were more honest than any lecture, they spoke of history, they spoke of now, and they spoke of the future. It’s our duty to write and chat our story because if we don’t, some so called expert will do it for us, and if that happens we have no right to complain.” – Poetry Society Vice President and SLAMbassadors patron Benjamin Zephaniah

SLAMbassadors UK, the Poetry Society’s pioneering performance poetry championship, is dusting off its microphone, flexing its lips and sweeping the stage clean to prepare for its ninth year of exhilarating live events! The national championship is open to all 12-18 year olds living in the UK who write an original two-minute performance piece around the theme of “Identity”, exploring their place in the world. It encourages young people to reclaim their voices, edit them and amplify them to the nation.

The deadline for receiving videos is on 29 October 2010.

For more info:
Telephone Lisa Roberts on 020 7420 9895 or Alan Ward on 020 7420 9886
Email: marketing@poetrysociety.org.uk
www.poetrysociety.org.uk