
Thank you for an amazing classic slam
This two-day event is the largest Classic Poetry Slam in the world!
Thousands of students attended the 12th annual Classic Slam over the course of a few days, and almost all of the attending students hadn't been out on a field trip since the pandemic began!
Congratulations to our top scoring poet of the night, Ashley Tahay; our top middle school team, GALA Middle School, and our winning school: Mark Keppel High School!
Thank you to everyone, from teachers to judges, from attendees to the students who poured out their souls on the stage. From the bottom of our hearts, thank YOU for your support for the work at Get Lit, which goes on all year, but culminates in this week. We are truly grateful.
Judges
Judges
HOSTED BY

ASHLEY AUGUST
Ashley August is black, alive and loves a good list! She is an afro-latina actress, author, playwright, activist, teaching artist, touring spoken word artist, previously 3rd ranked woman poet in the world, a cast member of the ABC/Disney Discovers cast (‘21-‘22), hip-hop junkie, ASTEP at Juilliard fellow, former Youth Poet Laureate of New York City and recently, named one of The New York Times 30 Under 30 Most Influential people.Along with multiple stage and screen appearances, her credits include Sundance, Cannes Film Festival, Netflix, Aljazaera America, The GAP, BET, and HBO. She's also written and performed for Adidas, Refinery 29, Under Armour, Nike, MTV, Comedy Central and more. August is the author of three self-exploratory books, “Love Handles”, “Licorice” and "Say I Won't". She is the former curator and Slam Master of the Legendary Bowery Poetry Club. With Belize and Brooklyn embedded into her (he)art, August is motivated to speak the unsaid truth and push the boundaries of spoken word and performance to realms they've yet to live in. You can find her latest work in the Breakbeat Poetry Collection "LatiNext" and appearing on upcoming TV programs. She currently resides in LA and is figuring it all out!
QUARTER AND SEMIFINALS
April 21st & 22nd10am & 2pm
Dynasty Typewriter & Get Lit Office
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2511 Wilshire BlvdLos Angeles, CA 90057
MIDDLE SCHOOL SLAM
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