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Fresh off the road in Dover, The Kent Poetry Championship Slam returns to its homeland, Margate. Join us at the gorgeous Ballroom at Dreamland for the legendary Bookie Poetry Slam 2024. All tickets are £5 - check out tickets at www.margatebookie.com/poetryslam.
Our headliner for the evening is an absolute legend in contemporary British poetry; winner of the 2019 Ted Hughes award, the 2019 Rathbones Folio Prize, author of the beautiful poetry collections The Perseverance and All the Names Given, Raymond Antrobus.
Plus click your fingers in approval as eleven poets from accross the South East face off for a shot at the Margate Bookie title belt and cash prizes.
Slots are first come, first served with an 11th slot raffled off on the night for those who were slower on the draw.
Each poet has 3 minutes for their performance
- Time starts as soon as they're in position on the stage.
- For every ten seconds over, 1 point will be deducted from their total.
- 3 judges will be raffled from the audience at the start of the show.
1. David Toptalo-Hearn
2. Sarah Bowman
3. Genevive Pepper
4. Chris Matthewman
5. Kadir Samad
6. Kendraw Housemann
7. Nastia Nizalova
8. Genevive Ray
9. Michelle Stannard
10. Red Frederick
Anna Blasiak
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Ballroom, Ed & Martin's, Hall by the Sea Road, Margate, CT9 1, United Kingdom,Margate, Kent
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