Since 2018, the Kent Poetry Championship slam has crowned the best slammer in the county. Programmed in festivals and as a stand alone event, we are currently embarking on a year long tour across the county, supported by Arts Council England.
| Date | Defending Champion | Challenger | Slam Winner | Event |
| Sunday, 6th May 2018 | N/A | N/A | Harry Baker | Bookie Slam 1 w/ Salena Godden |
| Friday, 28th September 2018 | Harry Baker | N/A | Sadie Davidson | Bookie Slam 2 w/ Dean Atta |
| Wednesday, 13th February 2019 | Harry Baker | Sadie Davidson | Ellie Ward | Kent Poetry Championship Slam |
| Friday 22nd February 2019 | Sadie Davidson | Ellie Ward | Henry Madd | Bookie Slam at FavLitFest w/Salena Godden |
| Saturday, 27th July 2019 | Sadie Davidson | Henry Madd | Nina Telegina | Bookie Slam 3 w/ Neelam Saredia-Brayley |
| Friday, 22 November 2019 | Henry Madd | Nina Telegina | Pauline Holmes | Bookie Slam 4 w/ Inua Ellams |
| Friday, 21 February 2020 | Henry Madd | Pauline Holmes | Sam Tate | Bookie Slam at FavLitFest 2 w/ Luke Wright |
| Friday, 18th February 2022 | Pauline Holmes | Sam Tate | Ciarán Barata-Hynes | Bookie Slam at FavLitFest 3 w/Raymond Antrobus |
| Saturday, 4th June 2022 | Sam Tate | Ciarán Barata-Hynes | Sven Stears | Bookie Slam 5 w/ The Repeat Beat Poet |
| Friday, 20th October 2023 | Ciarán Barata-Hynes | N/A | Chris Matthewman | Bookie Slam 6 ft Rick Dove |
| Saturday, 8th June 2024 | Ciarán Barata-Hynes | Chris Matthewman | Aaron Shrimpton | Kent Poetry Championship Slam – Chatham w/ Tyrone Lewis |
| Friday, 16th August 2024 | Ciarán Barata-Hynes | Aaron Shrimpton | Michael Isaacs | Kent Poetry Championship Slam – Dover w/ Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa |
| Friday, 4th October 2024 | Jake Nathan (Interim) | Michael Isaacs | Sarah Bowman | Bookie Slam 7 with Raymond Antrobus |
| Thursday, 6th February 2025 | Ciarán Barata-Hynes | Sarah Bowman, Jake Nathan | N/A | Kent Poetry Championship – Canterbury w/ Vanessa Kisuule |
| Friday, 10th October 2026 | Jake Nathan |
From time to time, we’re been fortunate enough to host slams in extraordinary circumstances. In 2020, we partnered with Things With Words to host an all women slam as part of POW! Festival.
During COVID, we took the slam online with Margate Bookie, for a longform social media driven slam.
| Friday, 13th March 2020 | Colleen Laurent | The POW! Slam w/ Birdspeed |
| 11 July 2020– 25 July 2020 | Jocelyn Mosman | Bookie Slam: Online |
With some of the county’s best poets holding the title, The Kent Poetry Championship is Kent’s biggest prize for performance poetry. Will you add you name to our Hall of Records?
| Reign | Champion | From | To | Total Days | Total Defenses |
| Reign 1 | Harry Baker | Sunday, 6th May 2018 | Wednesday, 13th February 2019 | 283 days | 1 |
| Reign 2 | Sadie Davidson | Wednesday, 13th February 2019 | Saturday, 27th July 2019 | 164 days | 2 |
| Reign 3 | Henry Madd | Saturday, 27 July 2019 | Friday, 21 February 2020 | 210 days | 2 |
| Reign 4 | Pauline Holmes | Friday, 21 February 2020 | Friday, 18th February 2022 | 728 days | 1 |
| Reign 5 | Sam Tate | Friday, 18th February 2022 | Saturday, 4th June 2022 | 78 days | 1 |
| Reign 6 | Ciarán Barata-Hynes | Saturday, 4th June 2022 | Thursday, 6th February 2025 | 948 days | 4 |
| Reign 7 | Jake Nathan | Friday, 4th October 2024 (As Interm) Thursday, 6th February 2025 (As Unified) | Present | 181 days |
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