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. 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
​Oliver 🇦🇺

Australia

Photo credit: Agnes Maier

Agnes
​Maier 🇦🇹

Austria

Photo credit: Lisette Ma Neza

Lisette Ma Neza 🇧🇪

Belgium

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Photo credit: Isabella Puente

Isabella Puente 🇧🇷

Brazil

Photo credit:​ ​Minoungou Nathanaël

Minoungou Nathanaël 🇧🇫

Burkina Faso

Photo credit: ​Huguette Izobimpa

​Huguette Izobimpa 🇧🇮

Burundi

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Photo credit: ​Myname Vainqueur

Myname Vainqueur 🇨🇲

Cameroon

Photo credit: ​Patrick Shannon

Lady Vanessa Cardona 🇨🇦

Canada

Photo credit: ​Guer2mo

Guer2mo
🇨🇬

Congo

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Photo credit: ​Bazare Guy

Bazare
​Guy 🇨🇮

Côte d'Ivoire

Photo credit: ​zadarski.hr

Roberto Vodanović Čopor 🇭🇷

Croatia

Photo credit: ​Dr. Filipitch

Dr. Filipitch 🇨🇿

Czech Republic

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Photo credit: ​Sara Hauge

Sara
​Hauge 🇩🇰

Denmark

Photo credit: Jaak Känd

Jaak
​Känd 🇪🇪

Estonia

Photo credit: Frej Haar

Frej
​Haar 🇪🇺

Europe

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Photo credit: ​Lassi Kalleinen

Lassi Kalleinen 🇫🇮

Finland

Photo credit: Jérôme Pinel

Jérôme
​Pinel 🇫🇷

France

Photo credit: Anonym

Anonym 🇬🇦

Gabon

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Photo credit: Alex Burkhard​

Alex Burkhard 🇩🇪

Germany

Photo credit: Péter Mészáros​

Péter Mészáros 🇭🇺

Hungary

Photo credit: Jane Tonra

Nuala Leonard 🇮🇪

Ireland

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Photo credit: Amit Tsafrir

Amit
​Tsafrir 🇮🇱

Israel

Photo credit: Bruno Giovetti

Bruno Giovetti 🇮🇹

Italy

Photo credit: 三木悠莉​

三木悠莉 🇯🇵

Japan

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Photo credit: Kikete F.M.​

Kikete F.M. 🇰🇪

Kenya

Photo credit: Vismantė Ruzgaitė​

Marius Povilas Elijas Martynenko 🇱🇹

Lithuania

Photo credit: Игор Трпчески​

Игор Трпчески 🇲🇰

Macedonia

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Photo credit: Rakotonirainy Zafimahaleo Barry Benson​

Rakotonirainy Zafimahaleo Barry Benson 🇲🇬

Madagascar

Photo credit: Ricardo Ventura​

Ricardo Ventura 🇲🇽

Mexico

Photo credit: Ozan Aydogan​

Ozan Aydogan 🇳🇱

Netherlands

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Photo credit: Joseph O'Sullivan

Daisy Lavea-Timo 🇳🇿🌿

New Zealand

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

Photo credit: Luís Perdigão​

Luís Perdigão 🇵🇹

Portugal

Photo credit: Rally and Broad

Sam
​Small 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆

Scotland
​Coupe du Monde

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Photo credit: Martin Helcman​

Martin Helcman 🇸🇰

Slovakia

Photo credit: Mišel 'Amo' Ristov​

Mišel 'Amo' Ristov 🇸🇮

Slovenia

Photo credit: @csofpoetry​

Thuthukani Myeza 🇿🇦

South Africa

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Photo credit: Margalida Followthelida​

Margalida Followthelida 🇪🇸

Spain

Photo credit: Mattias Hammarström​

Mattias Hammarström 🇸🇪

Sweden

Photo credit: Kilian Ziegler​

Kilian
​Ziegler 🇨🇭

Switzerland

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Photo credit: Mesko

Mesko 🇹🇬

Togo

Photo credit: Deneka Thomas​

Deneka Thomas 🇹🇹

Trinidad and Tobago

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

Photo credit: ​Madzitatiguru

Madzitatiguru 🇿🇼

Zimbabwe