Name: Sedona Poetry Slam Saturday Dec. 13
Start: 2025-12-13T19:30:00-07:00
Location: Mary D. Fisher Theatre

Performance poets will compete for the third time this season and the last time this year, bringing high-energy, competitive spoken word to the Mary D. Fisher Theatre starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13.
The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is located at 2030 W. SR 89A, Suite A-3, in West Sedona. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. For tickets, call 928-282-1177 or visit SedonaFilmFestival.org.
Poets from across Arizona and beyond will share original work in a fast-paced, three-round format designed to engage and inspire. Audience members selected at random will score the poets, determining the winners.
Anyone can sign up to compete in the slam for the $75 grand prize and $25 second-place prize. To compete in the slam, poets will need three original poems, each lasting no longer than three minutes. No props, costumes nor musical accompaniment are permitted. The poets are judged Olympics-style by five members of the audience selected at random at the beginning of the slam.
Email [email protected] to sign up early to compete or by the Friday before the slam, or sign up at the door the day of the slam. Poets who want to compete should purchase a ticket in case the roster is filled before they arrive.
The next poetry slams will be held on Jan. 24, March 7, April 4, May 9, and June 6.
For more information, visit sedonafilmfestival.com or foxthepoet.blogspot.com.
Open Slam
A poetry slam is like a series of high-energy, three-minute one-person plays, judged by the audience. Slam poetry is an art form that allows written page poets to share their work alongside theatrical performers, hip-hop artists and lyricists.
Poets come from as far away as Phoenix, Tucson, Prescott and Flagstaff, competing against local poets from Sedona and Cottonwood, college poets from Northern Arizona University and youth poets from Verde Valley high schools. All types of poetry are welcome on the stage, from street-wise hip-hop and narrative performance poems, to political rants and introspective confessionals. Any poem is a "slam" poem if performed in a competition. All poets get three minutes per round to entertain and inspire the audience with their creativity.