Welcome to the premiere on-line source for poetry slam in Albuquerque and the 505!

The 2009-2010 season is almost through y'all! Just one qualifying slam left FINAL FRIDAY on March 26!
The current standings for the ABQSlams Grand Slam here.
Only the top ten poets got to the 2010 ABQ Poetry Slam-off on Saturday, April 3 at 7:30pm at the Outpost Performance Space. The Grand Slam determines the 2010 Albuquerque Poetry Slam team as well as the 2010 ABQ City Champion. Get your tickets today!

You can check the slam standings here.

Also coming up are two youth poetry events - the N.M. INTERSCHOLASTIC POETRY SLAM, the largest youth poetry slam event ever held in New Mexico, as well as the the 2010 Youth Slam-off, which will determine the 2010 ABQ Youth Slam Champion as well as the youth slam team that will represent ABQ at Brave New Voices in Los Angeles in July.

Speaking of youth poetry, our collaboration with the Nat. Hispanic Cultural Center and ABQ's new youth arts space, Warehouse 508 The DUKE CITY YOUTH POETRY COLLECTIVE
is meeting regularly at Warehouse 508 You can find more information on the DCYPC on the Youth Programs & Education Page!

Also, our Women's poetry slam champion BROOKE VON BLOMBERG just got back from the Women of the World poetry slam in Columbus, Ohio. She was the only New Mexican representative and she did a great job. So big ups to Brooke again for reppin' the 505 so well.


And as always, you can find info on the poetry scene in New Mexico please check our COMMUNITY INFO page.

We're taking donations to help our youth and adults poetry slam team get to their respective national competitions.
You can donate below to help them all compete against the best slammers in the world!

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