Table of Contents
Introduction
Elizabeth Acevedo Introduction to the Slam Issue
2016 Beltway Poetry Slam Team (National Poetry Slam)
1993 DC Slam Team (National Poetry Slam)
2015 DC Youth Slam Team (Brave New Voices)
1994 DC Slam Team (National Poetry Slam)
2014 Beltway Poetry Slam Team (National Poetry Slam)
Roscoe Burnems Not Thirst. Preparation.
1995 DC Slam Team (National Poetry Slam)
2013 DC Youth Slam Team (Brave New Voices)
2002 DC/Baltimore Team (National Poetry Slam)
2014 Cesar Chavez High School Contraverse Team (Louder Than A Bomb-DMV)
Cedric Harper Ode to Urban Dictionary
2003 DC/Baltimore Team (National Poetry Slam)
Drew Anderson How To Speak American
2013 Slam Richmond Team (National Poetry Slam)
2009 Busboys and Poets 11th Hour Slam Team (National Poetry Slam)
2013 Beltway Poetry Slam Team (National Poetry Slam)
2010 DC Southern Fried Poetry Slam Team
Sonya Renee Taylor My Mother’s Belly
2013 DC Youth Slam Team (Brave New Voices)
2011 DC/Baltimore representative (Individual World Poetry Slam)
Chris August Some of My Favorite Jokes
2013 DC Southern Fried Slam Team
2012 DC Southern Fried Poetry Slam Team
The Slam Issue features 20 poets who have represented the DC/MD/VA area in regional and national slams over the course of twenty-three years. The writers in the Slam Issue have represented the DC, Baltimore, and Richmond metropolitan areas at poetry slams from 1993 through 2016. Guest Co-Editor: Elizabeth Acevedo.