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Saturday, March 15
 

9:00am EDT

Team Poetry Slam Check-In + Breakfast
Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Saturday morning will have registration, check in, and some light breakfast options available for competing poets. Both teens and audience members must check in before participating in or viewing slams and events. The Bill Bordy Theater is located at 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116.
Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Bill Bordy Theater - Union Bank Building 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116, USA

9:00am EDT

Registration - Get Your Festival Pass (All Ages)
Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 6:30pm EDT
Get your Festival pass at the Bill Bordy Theater at the Union Bank Building! All attendees of the Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud! Teen Spoken Word Festival, both teen participants and audience members, must check in at Union Bank to receive their Festival pass. The Bill Bordy Theater in the Union Bank Building is located at 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116. After you check in, you will be able to enter the Festival.
Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 6:30pm EDT
Bill Bordy Theater - Union Bank Building 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116, USA

9:00am EDT

Cool Down Time
Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Cool down time throughout the festival for those who need it.

There will be two cooldown spaces in the Walker Building, a "chill spot" in the Lion's Den and a silent cooldown room in Walker Classroom 206Enter the Walker Building via the Boylston Pl Alley entrance, located at 25 Boylston Pl, Boston, MA 02116.

There will also be cooldown satellite spaces adjacent to major Festival events with social workers available for mental health support.
Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 9:00pm EDT
Walker Building

10:00am EDT

Welcome
Saturday March 15, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
All Festival participants are invited to join us for an official welcome to Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud! Festival participants and organizers will gather as a group to set intention and energy for the weekend.

The Bill Bordy Theater in the Union Bank Building is located at 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116.
Saturday March 15, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Bill Bordy Theater - Union Bank Building 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116, USA

11:00am EDT

Preliminary Bout #1 (All Ages)
Saturday March 15, 2025 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT
The Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud! Team Slam Competition begins. Four teams will compete against each other in this bout; the top 2 winning teams will go on to compete in the Team Slam Finals Saturday evening. Each team will compete in one preliminary. Preliminary Bout #1 will occur in the Bill Bordy Theater in the Union Bank Building, located at 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116.


Competing Teams:
  • Coming soon!
Saturday March 15, 2025 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Bill Bordy Theater - Union Bank Building 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116, USA

1:00pm EDT

Lunch + Break
Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Time to eat and recharge over lunch. This is an opportunity for Festival participants to eat lunch and decompress. Lunch will be in The Lion's Den on the first floor of Walker. Enter via the Boylston Pl Alley entrance, located at 25 Boylston Pl, Boston, MA 02116, and walk up the stairs, or take the elevator up, one floor.















Saturday March 15, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Walker Building

2:00pm EDT

Preliminary Bout #2 (All Ages)
Saturday March 15, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
The Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud! Team Slam Competition begins. Five teams will compete against each other in this bout; the top 2 winning teams will go on to compete in the Team Slam Finals Saturday evening. Each team will compete in one preliminary. This prelim will be taking place at the Bill Bordy Theater in the Union Bank Building, located at 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116.

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Bill Bordy Theater - Union Bank Building 216 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116, USA

4:00pm EDT

Artists' Resource Fair (All Ages*)
Saturday March 15, 2025 4:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud! hosts an Artists’ Resource Fair as an opportunity for young poets to meet and connect with people who have continued their creative practices throughout their life journeys while drawing from or maintaining a connection to poetry. The Fair will represent a variety of different ways of doing so, from academia, to organizing, to freelance, and more. Our vendors will be tabling right before and after our Headliner Performance.

The Artists' Resource Fair will be located in the Basement Lobby of the Little Building, adjacent to the headliner performance venue. The Little Building is located at 80 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116.

Booths and artists include:
  1. The Offering Literary Magazine, which will provide insight into the magazine world and a photobooth to capture the memories made from this weekend. 
  2. The Boston Liberation Center, a Socialist Community Center for and by the working class & oppressed peoples of Boston, will be represented by Kaleigh O'Keefe. 
  3. Alli Tervo will be providing hand-painted earrings, paintings, and hybrid art. 
  4. Dubem Okafor, a Nigerian-American creative delving into music, visual art, and arts education, will be selling prints.
  5. Maya Das O’Toole will be selling zines that have her writing and art. On the other part of the table, we will have materials (paper, markers, washi tape, stencils) for people to make their own zines on the spot or take materials away to do so.
  6. Side Quest Books & Games will be selling their merchandise.
  7. Boston Poetry Slam, which takes place every Wednesday at the Cantab Lounge, will be represented by Aparna.
  8. Emerson College will have a booth set up to discuss their programming with prospective or interested teens.
  9. Mass Poetry's Teen Council is creating a Cento Poem, which teens will have the opportunity to contribute to over the weekend.
  10. Mass Poetry will also provide a merch table for all your swag needs.
Artists
Saturday March 15, 2025 4:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Little Building

4:30pm EDT

Headliner Performances (All Ages)
Saturday March 15, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Saturday at Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud! will include the Headliner Performance, welcoming attendees to Boston and the Teen Spoken Word Festival! This dynamic event begins with an introductory ceremony, followed by performances from Safia Elhillo, Chrysanthemum, and Cakeswagg, hosted by Amanda Shea.

This event will be held in the Judee Theater, located in the basement of the Little Building. The Little Building is located at 80 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116.
Saturday March 15, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Little Building

5:30pm EDT

Dinner On Your Own + Break
Saturday March 15, 2025 5:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
Time to eat and recharge over dinner. This is an opportunity for Festival participants to get dinner on their own (not provided by Mass Poetry). Space to eat dinner will be in The Lion's Den on the first floor of Walker. Enter via the Boylston Place alley entrance and walk up the stairs, or take the elevator up one floor.

Saturday March 15, 2025 5:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
Walker Building

7:30pm EDT

Team Slam Finals Featuring Cliff Notez & Tim Hall (All Ages)
Saturday March 15, 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm EDT
Welcome to the Write Here | Write Now | Speak Loud! Team Slam Finals. On Saturday evening, winning teams from all Preliminary Slams held that day will compete to determine the ultimate winner of Mass Poetry's Teen Spoken Word Festival. Doors will open at 7:00 PM, and the event will begin at 7:30 PM. This spirited event will also feature a headliner poetry and musical performance by Tim Hall and Cliff Notez and be DJ'ed by DJ TROY Frost. There will be a satellite registration + check-in adjacent to the theater.

This event will take place at the Semel Theater in the Tufte Performance and Production Center, located at 10 Boylston Pl, Boston, MA 02116. Enter via the Bolyston St Pl Alley entrance and take the elevator to the third floor.
Saturday March 15, 2025 7:30pm - 10:00pm EDT
Tufte Performance and Production Center 10 Boylston Pl, Boston, MA 02116, USA
 
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