SLAMbassadors UK, the national youth slam for 12-18 year olds has now been running for over a 15 years – that’s 15 years of exhilarating live events, showcasing of new talent, professional development for contestants, and the involvement of participants across a wide spectrum of faiths, backgrounds and abilities. They continue to aim to involve as many young people as possible in reading, writing, and performing poetry.

Slam is the competitive art of spoekn word performed before a loud and lively audience. Young people across the UK are invited to enter SLAMbassadors by filming themselves performing a poem or rap piece and uploading it to our SlamCam YouTube channel.

The theme this year is identity – who you are, where you have come from, what you see around you and how it affects you and others, cultural identity, national identity, human identity.

If you are between 12 and 18 yrs old you can enter the online slam here: www.slam.poetrysociety.org.uk