NRW Slam

The North Rhine-Westphalian Poetry Slam championships, which have been held annually since 2008, are called the NRW Slam . The NRW championship is the largest in the German-speaking area and one of the largest poetry competitions in the state.

history

As a rule, around forty poets qualify at the local level for the two- to three-day festival, with the best moving into the final on the following day. In addition, only slam poets who are or were resident in North Rhine-Westphalia and who do not participate in any other state slam championship in the same year are eligible to start. Similar to the national Poetry Slam championships , for which the winner of the NRW Slam qualifies, the host and the venue are determined two years in advance as part of a Slam Masters meeting . All slam organizers in the federal state (so-called “ slam masters ”) are entitled to vote .

The record winner with three titles is Torsten Sträter from Waltrop . He shares the most frequent finals (four times) with Marian Heuser , Michael Goehre and Björn Gögge .

Since 2015, the U20 championships have also been held separately at the U20 competition , in 2012 in Paderborn they were held once together with the over 20 championships.

In 2014 and 2016, the final of the NRW Slam was broadcast live online on WDR .

North Rhine-Westphalian Poetry Slam Championships

number	year	city	Final venue	Moderation final	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	other finalists (sorted alphabetically)	U20 winner
I.	2008	Muenster	Cuba Nova	Stefan Schwarze, Andreas Weber	Tobias Kunze	Misha Verollet	Nadja Schlueter	u. a. Florian Cieslik , Anke Fuchs , Marian Heuser , Marco Jonas Jahn, Barbara Rademacher	-
II	2009	Wins	Culture house Lÿz	Olaf N. Schwanke, Sushi da Slamfish	Torsten Sträter	Anke Fuchs , Tobias Kunze , Christian Ritter	-	Dominik Bartels, Michael Heide , Marian Heuser , André Lampe, Sulaiman Masomi	-
III	2010	Bielefeld	Theater laboratory	Misha Verollet , Markus Freise	Torsten Sträter	Patrick Salmen	Sabrina Schauer	Florian Cieslik , Anke Fuchs , Fabian Köster , Fabian Navarro , Schriftstehler, Marc-Oliver Schuster , Sven Stickling, Sushi da Slamfish, Sascha Thamm	-
IV	2011	Cologne	Gloria theater	Florian Cieslik , Benjamin Weiss	Andy Strauss	Jan Möbus, Laura Reichel	-	Michael Goehre , David Grashoff , Michael Heide , Marian Heuser , Fabian Köster , Quichotte , Torsten Sträter , Sushi da Slamfish, Sascha Thamm, as Featured Poet : Sebastian 23	-
V	2012	Paderborn	Cultural workshop	Claudio Ghin, Karsten Strack	Torsten Sträter	Andy Strauss , Beatrice Wypchol	-	Sandra Da Vina , Michael Goehre , Svenja Gräfen , David Grashoff , Maximilian Humpert , Achim Leufker, Jan Möbus, Sulaiman Masomi , Hank Zerbolesch , Jan Philipp Zymny	Simon Bömer
VI	2013	eat	Weststadthalle	Frank Klötgen , Sushi da Slamfish	Sulayman Masomi	René Sydow , Jan Philipp Zymny	-	Dirk Anetzberger, Michael Goehre , Theresa Hahl , Eric Jansen, Tobi Katzen, Oscar Malinowski, Sim Panse, Michel Pauwels, Andy Strauss	-
VII	2014	Mönchengladbach	Old Kolping House	Marco Jonas Jahn, Markim break	Sandra Da Vina	Björn Rosenbaum, Jason Bartsch	-	Johannes Floehr , Sven Hensel , Eric Jansen, Oscar Malinowski, Sulaiman Masomi , Jay Nightwind, Sim Panse, Sascha Thamm	-
VIII	2015	Muenster	Theater Munster	Marian Heuser	Jason Bartsch	Christofer with f	Bjorn Rosenbaum	Sandra Da Vina , Tobias Engbring, Hanno Fischer, Michael Goehre , Björn Gögge , Niko Sioulis, Luca Swieter, Florian Wintels , Zwergriese	Sven Hensel (held in Bochum)
IX	2016	Bochum	Playhouse	Sebastian 23 , Jason Bartsch	Henrike Klehr	Tom Schildhauer	Johannes Floehr	Sandra Da Vina , Christofer with f, Martin Frank, Björn Gögge , Sven Hensel , Miedya Mahmod, Jan Schmidt, Luca Swieter, Fatima Talalini	Daniela Sepehri (held in Gütersloh)
X	2017	Wins	Apollo theater	Tristan Kunkel, Jan Schmidt	Jean-Philippe Kindler	Marian Heuser	Achim Leufker	Felicitas Friedrich, Sven Hensel , Lukas Knoben, Malte Küppers, Leah Leaf, Elena Nern, Dean Ruddock , Florian Stein, Andi Nahrungsmittel, as featured poet : Tobias Kunze	Ella Anschein (held in Essen)
XI	2018	Ludenscheid	Culture house	Marian Heuser	René Sydow	Oscar Malinowski	Elena Nern	Alexander Bach, Julius Esser, Kolja Fach, Björn Gögge , Eric Jansen, August Klar, Achim Leufker, Lena Meckenstock, Florian Stein	Elena Nern (held in Krefeld)
XII	2019	Aachen	Eurogress	Eric Jansen, Oscar Malinowski	Kolja Fach	Johnny	Bjorn Rosenbaum	Ella Anschein, Tobias Beitzel, Kara Ehlert, Eva-Lisa, Marie Gdaniec, Björn Gögge , Lukas Knoben, Ilay Schüssler, Jann Wattjes, as Featured Artists : Aylin Celik, August Klar	Kolja Fach (held in Hamm)
XIII	2020	Dortmund							(will be held in Paderborn)

Web links

• Homepage of the NRW Slam

Individual evidence

1. ^ Philipp Isenbart: Family reunion of word turner . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . ( wn.de [accessed on March 8, 2017]).
2. ↑ Poetry slam in NRW: From subculture to mass phenomenon . In: https://www.wa.de/ . October 14, 2016 ( wa.de [accessed March 6, 2017]).
3. ↑ participation. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 6, 2017 ; accessed on March 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ NRW Slam 2012 in Paderborn - . In: Lektora . ( lektora.de [accessed on March 8, 2017]). NRW Slam 2012 in Paderborn - ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Team comedy / entertainment: The final of the NRW Slam 2016 in a video recording . October 13, 2016 ( wdr.de [accessed March 6, 2017]).
6. ^ Westfälische Nachrichten: Timetable for . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . ( wn.de [accessed on March 8, 2017]).
7. ↑ Tobi Kunze - Winner 2008 in Münster. In: NRW SLAM 2015. April 26, 2015, accessed on March 6, 2017 . 
8. ↑ From the archive - Issue 2009/10 | NRW Poetry Slam on September 19th, 2009 in Lÿz | cultural center lÿz | win | st.-johann-str. 18 | 0271-333-2448 | www.lyz.de. Retrieved March 6, 2017 . 
9. ↑ NRW Slam 2010 in Bielefeld… Thank you! - Slam OWL. Retrieved March 6, 2017 . 
10. ↑ The super pope is NRW champion | choices - culture. Movie theater. Cologne. Retrieved March 6, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Dominique Uhe: Room free! with Torsten Sträter . April 28, 2016 ( wdr.de [accessed August 24, 2018]).
12. ↑ Maren Schürmann: Sulaiman Masomi and the explosive power of his words . ( derwesten.de [accessed on March 6, 2017]).
13. ↑ Garnet Manecke: Mönchengladbach: The best slam poet in the country is a woman. Retrieved March 6, 2017 . 
14. ↑ our colleague Helmut Jasny: Jason Bartsch juggles the language well . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . ( wn.de [accessed on March 6, 2017]).
15. ↑ Sven Hensel - . In: Lektora . ( lektora.de [accessed on March 6, 2017]). Sven Hensel - ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ Spectacular Slamassel | Bochum city and student newspaper. Retrieved March 6, 2017 . 
17. ↑ WESTFALEN-BLATT: Award-winning word art with no happy ending . In: Westfalen-Blatt . ( westfalen-blatt.de [accessed on March 6, 2017]).
18. ↑ Iris Kannenberg: On the way to the NRW Slam 2018 - Round seven for "World of Wordcraft" - TACH! - Local news . In: TACH! - Local news . January 31, 2017 ( guten-tach.de [accessed March 6, 2017]).