After an amazing final round hosted by Nazelah, St. Paul's own Soapboxing slam team won the National Poetry Slam for the second year in a row. This is only the second time the host city has won the finals.

Congratulations to Soapboxing, Nuyorican, Bull City, and Austin Neo Soul. Thank you for giving us a fantastic night of poetry.

We look forward to doing it all again next year in Boston!

The Group Piece Finals was amazing show. In their first appearance at NPS since Katrina, Slam New Orleans emerged the victors! Congratulations to Kataalyst, Tank, Akeem Martin, A Scribe Called Quess and Icon!

The four teams competing in the finals tonight are:
• Austin Neo Sou - Austin, TX
• Bull City - Durham, NC
• Nuyorican Slam Team - New York City, NY
• Soapboxing - St. Paul

Good Luck to all the teams!

Can't make it? Watch the live stream here!

Three nights of the greatest performance poetry in the world later the preliminary judges have spoken.

• Team Rankings
• Teams in Semi-Finals
• Group Piece Finalists

Friday Update! Download Friday Bout Schedule

The Wednesday night bouts were so hot that they had to bring rain to cool down St. Paul. The reigning champs, St. Paul's own Soapboxing Slam finished up their preliminary rounds with a second win. Check out the scores below.

• Complete Round 1 Scores
• Total Prelim Scores for Wednesday

14 Bouts to go! Check out more festival details at the Official Site.

The draw for preliminary bouts is here!

Download the Draw Now! (pdf)

For info on how to volunteer, and much more festival information, check out the the official site at nps2010.com

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The mission of Poetry Slam Incorporated (PSI) is to promote the performance and creation of poetry while cultivating literary activities and spoken word events in order to build audience participation, stimulate creativity, awaken minds, foster education, inspire mentoring, encourage artistic statement and engage communities worldwide in the revelry of language.