2nd Annual Parlé Endeavors Teen Poetry Slam Series
The Parlé Endeavors 2nd Annual Teen Poetry Slam Series is a New York City wide poetry exhibition series, featuring young adults 13 – 19 years old, who will perform spoken word poetry or a cappella rap. The event will be judged by a revolving panel of artists and performing artists who have been involved in spoken word in the past, or present.
The top 5 finalists from the Summer series will split $2500 in prize money. There will also be prizes for the top performers of all the preliminary rounds.
Recap
This year, the series spanned 7 events, spanning 4 of the 5 boroughs, plus a Wild Card Entry Opportunity via social media competition for Staten Island poets or any other teens who wanted to enter the slam. Culminating with the Slam Finals at Poets House in Lower Manhattan featuring 10 teens finalists vying for a $1,000 grand prize award, with 4 other cash prizes.
The Teen finalists hailed from throughout the city, representing different perspectives, on different journeys, but passionate about writing and telling their story through spoken word. The ten finalists are listed below with their ages at the time of the competition, where they represent and the preliminary round they attended in parenthesis if it wasn’t their neighborhood.
Yordani Rodriguez, 18, Brooklyn
Jayden Antwine, 18, Queens
Mac Shamalova, 17, Queens
Ania Rush, 18, Brooklyn
Italy Lee, 19, Manhattan/New Jersey (Harlem)
Iylena Smalls, 16, Brooklyn (Wild Card Entry)
Paule Jena Silatchom, 19, Bronx
Aniyah Artis, 17, Brooklyn
Jaydan Rivera, 17, Queens
Mariam Dembélé, 17, Harlem (Brooklyn)
2024 Parle Endeavors Teen Poetry Slam Series Champion is Italy Lee!!!
Runner Ups:
2nd Place: Mariam Dembélé
3rd Place: Ania Rush
4th Place: Jaydan Rivera
5th Place: Paule Jena Silatchom
2024 Finals
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Performer sign-ups: https://forms.gle/9bPUnYtrnShdn8xk6
The top 5 finalists from the Summer series will split $2500 in prize money.
1st Place: $1,000
2nd Place: $700
3rd Place: $400
4th Place: $250
5th Place: $150
There will be 5 preliminary rounds, one in each borough. Teens who don’t advance can participate in multiple preliminary events.
Finals are July 27th at Poets House in Lower Manhattan!
Event is free for ALL!
Interested in being a judge? Sign up HERE.
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Venue Locations:
Preliminaries:
Harlem – May 31st – Thompson Studios 125th: 31 W. 125th Street
Queens – June 1st – The Harvest Room: 90-40 160th Street (Jamaica)
Brooklyn – June 14th – Brooklyn Poets: 144 Montague St 2nd Floor
Bronx – June 15th – New York Public Library | Parkchester Branch: 1985 Westchester Ave
Staten Island – June 17th – St. George Library Center: 5 Central Avenue [RESCHEDULED]
Semifinals:
Harlem – June 29th – Thompson Studios 125th: 31 W. 125th Street
Brooklyn – July 13th – Brooklyn Public Library – Grand Army Plaza: 10 Grand Army Plaza
Finals:
Manhattan – July 27th – Poets House: 10 River Terrace
