Hello slamily, Happy Mother’s Day to all! …and Thank You. The Southern Fried Tournament we had planned for you would have been a month away today. We know it has been a very difficult reality and tough times with the pandemic, but a lot of you have given us strength and courage by sharing with us your stories and experiences, your zoom videos and your 30 for 30 poems and we just want to say...

Dear friends and family of Southern Fried Poetry, We held onto wishfulness as long as we could, but unfortunately, we must cancel the 2020 Southern Fried Poetry Slam. As we prepare this statement, the United States has surpassed Italy as the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, with more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country. This decision was not easy, as this is the first cancellation in the 28 year history of Southern Fried....

Date: March 13, 2020 The board of Southern Fried Poetry, Inc strongly recommends all participating teams postpone their qualifying competitions for the 2020 Southern Fried Poetry Slam. There has been a disproportionate regional response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, and we on the board are thoughtful of how an outbreak might affect numerous elder and infirmed communities in the Southeast region, and beyond. As part of an international network of artists who...