2023 Tournament (Knoxville, TN)

Check team and indie scores here!

Teams

1. Breaking Bad – Deland, FL
2. PuroSlam – San Antonio, TX
3. Verb Benders – Norfolk, VA
4. Exit 36 – Pompano Beach, FL
5. Rich-Ink – Richmond, VA
6. Say What – Greenville, SC
7. Lyrically Inclined Slam Team – Lafayette, LA
8. The Saint Louis Poetry Slam – Saint Louis, MO
9. The Writer’s Den – Richmond, VA
10. Loc’d and Loaded Slam Team – Greensboro, NC & Dallas, TX
11. New Jeru – Rahway, NJ
12. Bull City Slam Team – Durham, NC
13. Louisville Lip Slam Team – Louisville, KY
14. Detour Slam Team – Fayetteville, NC
15. Write About Now Poetry – Houston, TX
16. Def Poets Society – Covington, KY
17. Pure Ink Poetry – Buffalo, NY
18. Tribe Slam Team – Columbia, SC
19. Slammageddon – Baltimore, MD
20. Smoke Slam – Houston, TX
21. The Regulators – Kansas City, MO
22. GooseBumps – Arlington, TX
23. CW Slam – Detroit, MI
24. Slam Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
25. Atomic Badger – Knoxville, TN
26. The Last Word – Answering The Call, USA
27. Hustle City Slam Team – Saint Louis, MO

Indies

1. Nathan Wallace – Atlanta, GA
2. Slimtruth – St. Petersburg, FL
3. Natalie Sun Frost – Memphis, TN
4. Georgie Lee – San Antonio, TX
5. TREZ DA TRUTH – Spartanburg, SC
6. Law Bullock – Fayetteville, NC
7. Aye Jannay – Raleigh, NC
8. Just Rich – St. Louis, MO
9. Brave Nate – Covington, KY
10. Kimberly Arrington – Kent, WA
11. IQ – Geelong, AUS
12. Prolific Propoet – Santa Ana, CA
13. Zeda Stew – Covington, KY
14. Jerri Hardesty – Montevallo, AL
15. Lyrical Faith – New York, NY
16. 2CHILL PHYL – Washington, D.C.
17. SPARROW – Denver, CO
18. Monarch the Poet – Las Vegas, NV
19. Magdalena Sanchez-Valencia – Los Angeles, CA
20. Maya Write – Baltimore, MD
21. Andrew Aaron Valdez – New Haven, CT
22. Layla – Buffalo, NY
23. Will – Long Island, NY
24. Hausson Byrd – Greensboro, NC

Indie Wait List

1. Eric Kellum – Triangle, VA
2. Brazy Blanco From The Bronx – Bronx, NY
3. Chev – Atlanta, GA
4. Benjamin The Brain – Lauderhill, FL
5. PoetryTeacher – Dallas, TX
6. Arrie Lane – Detroit, MI
7. Sydnie Sawicki – Greenville, SC
8. Mic Phelps – Detroit, MI
9. Gwen Cee – Louisville, KY
10. Damien McClendon – New York City, NY
11. Aleathia “GG” Dupree – Orlando, FL
12. BM NovaGawd – Little Rock, AR

Overflow Host Hotel

The main host hotel is full, but! Our host city coordinator set up an overflow hotel for anyone still looking to book their rooms!

210 West Church Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37902

Even though the main host hotel is full, please feel free to use the address below for linking up with poetry fam while you’re in town!

Crowne Plaza Knoxville
401 W. Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville, TN 37902

Side events, workshops and more will all be listed here. Check back later for updates.

Volunteers are a vital component of SoFried’s success as a tournament. Please fill the form out below to help out with this year’s festival!

Check the Event Guide for venue information.