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Since both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve are on Wednesdays this year, we will 🚫NOT🚫 be having shows on Wednesday, December 24 and Wednesday December 31. But we still have 2 holidays shows coming up!
#1: On Tuesday, December 30th, we are hosting a 🃏WILD CARD SLAM🃏at the Cantab Lounge. Sign up is first-come first-serve, and there will be a $75 cash prize for the winner! The top two poets in this slam will also qualify to try out for the 2026 slam team. Doors at 7 pm, open mic at 8, slam around 10 pm!
Also known as the “second-chance slam,” here is the format for the wild card slam:
- Four round slam, with all poems 2 minutes or less, and everyone gets to read at least twice.
- Round 1 – 8 poets (top 4 move to Round 2, bottom 4 go to wild card round)
- Wild Card round – 4 poets (top 2 move to Round 2)
- Round 2 – 6 poets (top 3 move to Round 3)
- Round 3 – 3 poets
#2:Then, on New Year’s Day, we will be hosting a 📝Write-a-thon📝!
- Fill Out the jotform survey here to sign up!
- The 2026 Boston Poetry Slam Write-a-thon is a new event where members of the local community come together both virtually and/or in person to create all formats of poetry, writing, and art together.
- Time: January 1, 2026 from 3pm-7pm: Meet on Zoom or in person (address and further details to be emailed after RSVP sign up is submitted.)
- Programming includes writing prompts, workshops, collaborative writing projects, tarot readings, and a private blog (known as the 365 blog) where work created during the Write-a-thon can be posted.
- You don’t have to attend the virtual/in person programming to participate! There’s also an option to just post your work on the private 365 blog, which will be available all day long. Future updates on our full schedule of activities to be posted soon!
Hope to see you at one of these events! Regular Wednesday shows will resume January 7th, 2026.
– MFG 🚪
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