About Southern Fried Poetry Slam
Southern Fried Poetry Slam is an annual performing arts festival celebrating poetry, spoken word, and community outreach.
Born in 1993 from a sense of family, home cooked meals and good ol’ Southern food, Southern Fried Poetry shares the absolute best southern offerings — hospitality, comfort and tradition.
During the first week of June every year, a city in the Southeastern region of the United States plays host to one of the largest Spoken Word and Performance Poetry tournaments in the world and showcases some of the world’s most extraordinary writers, orators and artists whose talents will be on full display as they compete against 200+ poets for cash and prizes, and of course bragging rights to the South!
2024 Tournament Registration
Registration for all teams and individuals in-region will open on March 1st and registration for out-of-region teams and individuals will open on April 1st.
The Southeastern region includes those teams and individuals from
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Texas.
Team registration is $275 and individual registration is $175.
In-Region Registration
March 1st
Out-of-Region Registration
April 1st
The Nook - SoFried Artistry Retreat 2024 - Feb 16 - 19
The SoFried Artistry Retreat is a transformative professional development and writing retreat aimed at igniting creativity, expanding knowledge, and fostering a supportive and inspiring community for poets and writers. This retreat is designed to provide a holistic experience that combines skill-building workshops, immersive learning, relaxation, fun, and ample time for artistic expression.
Upcoming Workshops
#SoFriedWrites
In 2023, we started planning several different platforms to support writers outside of busy competition. In an effort to implement this, we are bringing you monthly prompts with guided questions to support you in creating. We encourage you to take the time to write, create, and share. This can be expressed however you are led in written form.
That being said, Happy New Year! 2024 is upon us, and as we continue to strive to be better stewards to this art thing we do, challenge yourself and your peers to join you in pushing to reach new goals. Let us continue to support each other and most of all, have fun along the way. You can share them with us in the Facebook group, or via email at info@southernfriedpoetryslam.com. Use the hashtag #sofriedwrites. We look forward to seeing your pieces. 💙💙💙
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