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Marc Smith is credited with starting the poetry slam at the Get Me High Lounge in Chicago in November 1984.

In July 1986, the slam moved to its permanent home, the Green Mill Jazz Club.

In 1990, the first National Poetry Slam took place in Fort Mason, San Francisco, involving a team from Chicago, a team from San Francisco, and an individual poet from New York.

, the National Poetry Slam has grown and currently features approximately 80 certified teams each year, culminating in five days of competition.