Farrago Poetry Slam Championship
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The Farrago Poetry Slam Championship is a UK-based performance poetry competition organised by Farrago Poetry, a spoken-word organisation based in London, England. It is notable for introducing the poetry slam format to Britain and remains one of the longest-running slam poetry events in the country.[1]
Farrago Poetry introduced the poetry slam to Britain, when its first UK poetry slam was held in London in 1994.[1] In the same year, the organisation began running the UK SLAM! Championships and the London SLAM! Championships.[1] It was founded and is still overseen by poet John Paul O'Neill.[2]