Wits End Poetry: WEP 20th Anniversary Poetry Slam Celebration

Registration is Closed!!!

GREENVILLE, SC: Sunday October 9, 2022 7:30 PM at Coffee Underground. Say What?! will have its 20th Anniversary Celebration with an open $200 Poetry Slam! The hottest spoken word acts from across the region will come together to Celebrate 20 Years of Wits End Poetry! Hosted by Jenice Pleasant at The Radio Room.

Night will be filmed and broadcast at our YouTube Channel CarolinaPoets!

The Radio Room, 110 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville, SC 29609. 7:30pm. $15.

Poets register below using PayPal or Cash app $15 to $witsendpoetry.

Audience tickets are available via Eventbrite.

HOST: Jenice Pleasant. Bout Manager: Black Phoenix

Wits End Poetry's mission is to mentor and grow Carolina poetry talent in order to help poets make a living as poets. The poetry slam events do have a short open mic available for those with "audience tickets" which happens from 7:30 to 8:00pm.

Produced by Wits End Poetry, these poetry events are made possible in part by the generous support of the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Metropolitan Arts Council with funds received from the City of Greenville, BMW Manufacturing Company, Michelin North America, Inc., SEW Eurodrive and the South Carolina Arts Commission. More information at www.witsendpoetry.com.

REGISTERED POETS:

Sac: Marleyquinn

1. ShAy Black

2. Azar King

3. Your Favorite Murse

4. T. Lumpkin

5. Ben G

6. Soleil Solace

7. Maxlit

8. Dove Dupree

9. Sahn the Poet

10. Mosley

No waitlist. Poets scroll to the bottom of this page to see all the rules.

Kimberly Simms

Kimberly's literary voice is rooted in the Southern tradition of storytelling. Her passion for poetry from both the page to the stage has led Kimberly to garner titles such as former Carl Sandburg NHS Writer-in-residence, National Poetry Slam ‘Legend of the South’, TedX speaker, co-founder of CarolinaPoets, former Southern Fried Poetry Slam Champion, and award-winning teaching artist. In her first full-length collection from Finishing Line Press, Lindy Lee: Songs on Mill Hill, Kimberly chronicles the lives of textile workers in the Carolinas with historical accuracy and imaginative insight. Ron Rash, award-winning author of Serena, says about Kimberly: "she writes with eloquence and empathy about an important part of Southern history - too often neglected."

Since Kimberly Simms started the first poetry slam in South Carolina (1994) and became the youngest slammaster in the country at the age of 18, Kimberly has dedicated her life to promoting the art of poetry in the state of South Carolina. She is the proud founder of Wits End Poetry, a non-profit now celebrating 19 years of creating South Carolina poetry events and educational outreach in the Upstate of South Carolina.