Pop Up Poetry Slam!

Thu Dec 18 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm UTC-08:00

Made Space | Seattle

AXSM Art
Publisher/HostAXSM Art
Pop Up Poetry Slam!
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An evening of competition on the mic featuring local talent and emerging artists
About this Event

$15 General Admission

$10 Poetry Slam Competitor -8 rsvp slots available, 2 cash only poet sign ups will be available at the door.


Featured Poet is Seattle Civic Poet - Dujie Tahat - www.dujietahat.com

They are the 2025-26 Seattle Civic poet and author of Shibboleth (Fonograf 2027) as well as three poetry chapbooks: Here I Am O My God, selected for a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship; Salat, winner of the Tupelo Press Sunken Garden Chapbook Award and longlisted for the 2020 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection; and Balikbayan, finalist for The New Michigan Press / DIAGRAM chapbook contest and the Center for Book Arts honoree.
Dujie has earned fellowships from Kundiman, National Book Critics Circle, Hugo House, Jack Straw Writing Program, and the Poetry Incubator, as well as scholarships from Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences and Macondo. Along with Luther Hughes and Gabrielle Bates, they cohost The Poet Salon podcast. Dujie serves as Critic-at-Large for Poetry Northwest and poetry editor for Moss. They got their start as a Seattle Poetry Slam Finalist, a collegiate grand slam champion, and Seattle Youth Speaks Grand Slam Champion, representing Seattle at HBO’s Brave New Voices.


Questions? Please email [email protected]

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Made Space, 2002 East Union Street, Seattle, United States

Tickets

USD 12.51 to USD 17.85

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