The largest stage literature festival in Europe

Phibi Reichling, semifinalist at the 2016 Poetry Slam.At the 22nd German-speaking Poetry Slam Championships in November 2018, around 300 slam poets, publishers and organizers from Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland will meet during five days. The German-speaking Poetry Slam Championships will be held in the categories "Individual" and "Team" and will be divided into preliminary rounds, semi-finals and finals. An audience jury determines the winners throughout the competition.Background Poetry SlamIn the modern poetry slam competition, self-written texts are presented to an audience within a time limit (six minutes) without any other aids. The audience determines the winner by applause or with the help of jury panels. There are no formal restrictions. From flaming speeches to funny short stories to thought-provoking performance poetry, you can experience everything at a poetry slam. While the modern poetry competition occupied a small subcultural niche at the first championships in Berlin in 1997, today it is one of the most successful and popular cultural and cabaret formats of all.