50 countries. 50 current National Poetry Slam Champions. 1 June 2018.
It's a family, more than anything. The quality of slam always comes down to how you frame it. The point is not the points, the point is the people.
- Ben Fagan, Motif Poetry
All information current as at 1 June 2018 NZT. Photos will be refreshed on 1 June 2019 NZT. If you run your country's most nationally representative poetry slam and we've missed you, please get in touch. If you have any corrections, issues, or if you have any information to add, please let us know here. Wherever possible, all photos chosen have been used by the individual to represent themselves online, normally as a profile picture. We haven't linked to any poet's personal facebook profiles but can do on request. All poets featured are 18+ and arranged alphabetically by country. Frames are random, except France.
Photo credit: Jesse Oliver
Jesse
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Photo credit: Agnes Maier
Agnes
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Photo credit: Lisette Ma Neza
Lisette Ma Neza 🇧🇪Belgium
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Photo credit: Isabella Puente
Isabella Puente 🇧🇷Brazil
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Photo credit: Minoungou Nathanaël
Minoungou Nathanaël 🇧🇫Burkina Faso
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Photo credit: Huguette Izobimpa
Huguette Izobimpa 🇧🇮Burundi
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Photo credit: Myname Vainqueur
Myname Vainqueur 🇨🇲Cameroon
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Photo credit: Patrick Shannon
Lady Vanessa Cardona 🇨🇦Canada
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Photo credit: Guer2mo
Guer2mo
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Photo credit: Bazare Guy
Bazare
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Photo credit: zadarski.hr
Roberto Vodanović Čopor 🇭🇷Croatia
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Photo credit: Dr. Filipitch
Dr. Filipitch 🇨🇿Czech Republic
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Photo credit: Sara Hauge
Sara
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Photo credit: Jaak Känd
Jaak
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Photo credit: Frej Haar
Frej
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Photo credit: Lassi Kalleinen
Lassi Kalleinen 🇫🇮Finland
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Photo credit: Jérôme Pinel
Jérôme
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Photo credit: Anonym
Anonym 🇬🇦Gabon
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Photo credit: Alex Burkhard
Alex Burkhard 🇩🇪Germany
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Photo credit: Péter Mészáros
Péter Mészáros 🇭🇺Hungary
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Photo credit: Jane Tonra
Nuala Leonard 🇮🇪Ireland
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Photo credit: Amit Tsafrir
Amit
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Photo credit: Bruno Giovetti
Bruno Giovetti 🇮🇹Italy
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Photo credit: 三木悠莉
三木悠莉 🇯🇵Japan
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Photo credit: Kikete F.M.
Kikete F.M. 🇰🇪Kenya
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Photo credit: Vismantė Ruzgaitė
Marius Povilas Elijas Martynenko 🇱🇹Lithuania
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Photo credit: Игор Трпчески
Игор Трпчески 🇲🇰Macedonia
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Photo credit: Rakotonirainy Zafimahaleo Barry Benson
Rakotonirainy Zafimahaleo Barry Benson 🇲🇬Madagascar
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Photo credit: Ricardo Ventura
Ricardo Ventura 🇲🇽Mexico
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Photo credit: Ozan Aydogan
Ozan Aydogan 🇳🇱Netherlands
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Photo credit: Joseph O'Sullivan
Daisy Lavea-Timo 🇳🇿🌿New Zealand
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Photo credit: Sofie Frost
Sofie Frost 🇳🇴Norway
Nordic Slam |
Photo credit: Alberto Salazar
Alberto Salazar 🇵🇪Peru
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Photo credit: Aleksandra Kanar
Aleksandra Kanar 🇵🇱Poland
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Photo credit: Luís Perdigão
Luís Perdigão 🇵🇹Portugal
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Photo credit: Rally and Broad
Sam
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Photo credit: Martin Helcman
Martin Helcman 🇸🇰Slovakia
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Photo credit: Mišel 'Amo' Ristov
Mišel 'Amo' Ristov 🇸🇮Slovenia
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Photo credit: @csofpoetry
Thuthukani Myeza 🇿🇦South Africa
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Photo credit: Margalida Followthelida
Margalida Followthelida 🇪🇸Spain
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Photo credit: Mattias Hammarström
Mattias Hammarström 🇸🇪Sweden
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Photo credit: Kilian Ziegler
Kilian
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Photo credit: Mesko
Mesko 🇹🇬Togo
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Photo credit: Deneka Thomas
Deneka Thomas 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
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Photo credit: Usaama Minhas
Usaama Minhas 🇬🇧United Kingdom
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Photo credit: Arvind Nandakumar
Arvind Nandakumar 🇺🇸United States of America
Individual World Poetry Slam |
Photo credit: FreeQuency
FreeQuency 🇺🇸United States of America
Women of the World Poetry Slam |
Photo credit: La France au Vietnam
Pham Thi Phuong Thao 🇻🇳Vietnam
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Photo credit: MessenJah
MessenJah 🇿🇲Zambia
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Photo credit: Madzitatiguru
Madzitatiguru 🇿🇼Zimbabwe
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