# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 4th Annual Capital Region Poetry Slam
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: The future is listening. What do you want it to hear?

We’re inviting high school students in grades 9–12 from across the Capital Region to take the mic at the 4th Annual Capital Region Poetry Slam.

This year’s theme, “The Future Is Listening,” is all about voice — your ideas, your questions, your hopes, your truth. Whether your poem is bold, funny, vulnerable, or powerful, we want to hear it.

💥 Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded to our top three performers:
1st – $500
2nd – $250
3rd – $100

Winners will be chosen by an esteemed panel of local authors and educators who care deeply about student voice and the art of storytelling.

🗓 Registration closes April 4.  Please register at: https://www.doanestuart.org/our-community/events-shows/poetryslam/

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to share your work — this is it. Step up. Speak out. The future is listening.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rensselaer/4th-annual-capital-region-poetry-slam/200029683188132
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, performances, entertainment, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.doanestuart.org/our-community/events-shows/poetryslam/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rensselaer-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rensselaer
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 199 Washington Ave, 12144
- **lat**: 42.65927
- **long**: -73.72693
- **full address**: 199 Washington Ave, 12144, 199 Washington Ave, Rensselaer, NY 12144-1444, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Doane Stuart School (https://allevents.in/org/the-doane-stuart-school/15302974)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 199 Washington Ave, 12144, 199 Washington Ave, Rensselaer, NY 12144-1444, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Doane Stuart School
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, performances, entertainment, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 4th Annual Capital Region Poetry Slam ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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