Covid-19 Update

Please stay home if you are sick.

Sunday Nights

Sundays find us at Coffee Underground at 1 East Coffee Street. Please check our Facebook for most up to date information.

We also hold pop-up shows and slam tournaments at a variety of venues including Radio Room, Artistry, and Swanson's Warehouse.
Special A Woman's Words Event May 4th featuring The Floacist & Queen Sheba! Tickets on Eventbrite!

Interested in featuring? We are a poetry slam focused venue. We book on a merit based system based on slam accolades, slam team affiliations, viral videos OR your publishing and literary award accolades. Send your email of interest with your accolades to witsendpoetrysc @gmail.com. Please attach a picture and copy your bio into the body of your email. We feature aproximately 1-2 poets per month. PLEASE NOTE: WE BOOK AT LEAST 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE. We can not book features until we receive a bio. DO NOT EMAIL ABOUT WEB OR OTHER SERVICES OR YOU WILL BE INVOICED A $15 FEE TO SUPPORT OUR CHARITY.

The Poetry Slam Team

Congratulations to the 2025 Say What Slam Team: Slammaster Black Phoenix. Team Members: Shay Black, Azar, Black Phoenix, Southern Stylz. Say What Greenville Slam Team is ranked 8th in the nation. The Greenville Slam Team won Southern Fried South East Regional Poetry Slam in 1998, and placed in the top four in 2016-2017. We have ranked in the top ten annually for the past ten years.

2026 Team try outs will be in December. Earn points by attending workshops, trainings, and poetry slams. Wits End Poetry has been sending teams to regional and national competition to represent the Upstate and the state of South Carolina since 2003.

Slams &Tournaments

Please see our blog for the latest slam information. Click here for the blog.

  • Fresh Out the Oven Slam: November
    Poems performed must never have been performed in a slam (open mic okay).
  • Annual Haiku Slam: July
  • Carolina Regional Indie Slam: Summer
  • Martin Luther King Celebration: January Sunday before MLK Day
  • Black History Month Celebration: February
  • Say What Grand Slam: December
  • Queen/King of the South Slam: Fall
  • War of Words: Team Scrimmages March to May
  • Other Special Events include Juneteenth Celebration, Nerd Open Mic, and an Erotic Slam.
  • Poetry Vs Hip Hop partners with Wits End Poetry to bring special events to Greenville.

Wit’s End Poetry Projects

We are more than just a non-profit organization - we are a poetry village.

  • OneGVLARTS

    Public art projects taking poetry into innovated spaces sponsored by Wits End Poetry. In 2021, we created 5 murals combining poetry and art.

  • Poetry Slam

    Ever wondered about the history and purpose of Poetry Slam? Check out this TedX Talk by our founder Kimberly Simms.

  • Carolina Poets Reading Series

    Check out archived shows on our YouTube Channel.

  • Carolina Poets YouTube Channel

    Enjoy poetry from our archive of vintage footage as well as new poems from established and emerging poets.

Make A Change

We are proudly non-corporate non-compromised organization built to serve the literary arts community. We rely on public support to carry out our mission. Our board of directors and leadership is over 80% minority.