OUR EIGHTH SEASON IS OFFICIALLY HERE! Swipe for our FULL SETLIST for our WHOLE VIRTUAL SEASON! We’ve got FIVE amazing Slams and some phenomenal features, as well as a plethora of workshops that will run until August! We hope to see you out at some of these amazing events!

https://t.co/ogCd8Wo4At shows and workshops

Join Hana for a de-stressing poetry workshop, focusing on fiction and scenes within poetry. You'll be led through a series of super chill exercises where all you need is your imagination. No experience in writing is required, just bring yer brain!

best poetry books of 2018. Her second book, a compilation of essays and illustrations from her notable affirmation art series, titled Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty is in stores now.

and has been featured on Buzzfeed, CBC, Flare Magazine, New York Times, and Shameless. She is also the recipient of the Women Who Inspire Award, from the Canadian Council for Muslim Women in 2017. Her first book, It Begins With The Body was selected by CBC books as one of the

Hana Shafi is a writer and artist who illustrates under the name Frizz Kid. Both her visual art and writing frequently explore themes such as feminism, body politics, racism, and pop culture. She’s published articles in publications such as The Walrus, Hazlitt and This Magazine

Workshop blurb: Join Hana for a de-stressing poetry workshop, focusing on fiction and scenes within poetry. You'll be led through a series of super chill exercises where all you need is your imagination. No experience in writing is required, just bring yer brain!

Join our Q Summit poets for a free live poetry reading on April 7th!🌈 Covering themes of ancestry, fairytales & utopias, and everything Queer in between, the poets have created pure magic through their journeys on and off the page. 🔗RSVP here: https://t.co/hJRoCZdi82

text “funded by the city of Toronto.” The piece of graph paper has a piece of tape in the top center with the words “Hot Damn It’s A Queer Slam” in black messy, all capitals brush-style handwriting. The whole photo is framed with a thin white border.

graph paper has a faded red retro microphone along with the information regarding the workshop in a thin dark red sans-serif font as follows: “Poetry Slam and Open Mic / Season 8 Round 2 / March 19th 2022 / 6PM EST - Online - PWYC” as well as the Toronto Arts Council Logo & the

ID: A background of a red gradient watercolour with the brightest red at the top and fading through different hues. Atop it is a piece of graph paper and in the top right corner and a polaroid overlapping in the top right. In the polaroid is a picture of Red Maienza, and on the

in Manchester, NH, and represented New Hampshire at the 2018 National Poetry Slam. (Photo credit to Christopher Clauss)

Red Maienza (they/them/theirs) is a queer poet, community organizer, and eating disorder survivor from New Hampshire. Their work has appeared in great weather for MEDIA, NHPR, Slamfind, gloworm press, and in their friends’ backpacks. They are the co-organizer of Slam Free Or Die

Here is a link to our eventbrite https://t.co/NcZ27GIrlc and to our google form to sign up for the slam or open mic

Join us on March 19th at 6PM EST for our second Season Eight Slam and Open Mic with Red Maienza! All Queer Slam events this season will be VIRTUAL so be sure to sign up to reserve your spot and receive the Zoom link on the event day!

aligned, with the workshop information as above. The third (grid paper off centre left) has Muna’s Biography as above.

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Our Great Perhaps / with Muna Abdulahi / March 5th 2022 / 3PM EST - Online - PWYC” as well as the Toronto Arts Council Logo & the text “funded by the city of Toronto.” The piece of graph paper has a piece of tape in the top center with the words “Hot Damn It’s A Queer Slam” in

and a polaroid overlapping in the bottom left. In the polaroid is a picture of Muna Abdulahi and on the graph paper has a faded cloud sketch art along with the information regarding the workshop in a dark lighter blue sans-serif font as follows: “Write With Pride: / Writing Into

together communities, youth, and discussions. You can follow Muna at @MunaAbdulahi ID: A background of a light blue above-the-clouds perspective skyline, which fades to orange and then darker blue clouds at the bottom. Atop it is a piece of graph paper in the top right corner

her work, she explores many themes of belonging and identity, particularly in the context of migration and nationality. As a writer/poet, Muna pushes herself to tell the stories that are erased, silenced, devalued, or buried, the stories that are difficult, the stories that bring