The Church Hall Port Sunlight, Wirral, CH62 5DL

Saturday 3 October 2026 – 7.30-10.00PM

Tickets:

£6 for online bookings
£7 On the Door (Subject to availability)
Carers Accompanying adults Free with Access Card

Join us for the Wirral Poetry Festival’s lively annual poetry slam, when 12 selected poets will compete for the winner’s £100 prize

Please send us a video of you performing to be considered for the slam, using the Application Form button below.

• A shortlist of 12 poets for the Slam will be selected from all the online applications by the Festival’s Planning Team, taking into account quality of content, performance, and originality.
• The 12 selected competitors will be informed of their selection by Friday 18 September 2026 and asked to reconfirm their availability for the Slam event;
• At the Slam, competitors will perform poems of not more than 3 minutes.
• There will be three rounds (a different poem in each round for successful slammers) with eliminations at each round resulting in a final winner of the £100 prize.
• There will be an invited panel judges and they will consider the quality of content and performance as well as audience response. Their decisions will be final;
• Poems should be suitable for performance to a general audience which could include children;
• Please note that our festival has a zero-tolerance policy on oppressive behaviour, language and discussion, including transphobia, trans/misogyny, queerphobia, racism, anti-fatness, dis/ablism and any other types of bigotry.’