A year after its first event, SPEAKout comes back to Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum with a collective of some of the best poets in the region. Its past winners, along with more talent will all be in competition for $800 in top prize, $400 in second place, and $200 in third place.
With poets from all across the nation, SPEAKout’s Summer Slam is only the beginning of much greater events and local initiatives.
SPEAKout came to realize that spoken word is the new hip-hop. It’s inspiring and it’s moving and young (and old), loud, positive and energetic – people love it. At SPEAKout what we want to do is channel that energy and passion into something that benefits everyone. All that begins with you this summer. Our poets flood minds with thoughts of several local, national, and international issues, personified into a character or group; our crowd spreads energy into every corner and inch of the venue. With this level of power and inspiration, one cannot but SPEAKout!
If you would like to participate at Summer Slam 2010, you can do so here.