Poetry slam championship

The Poetry Slam Championship (English: National Poetry Slam ) denotes the highest ranking competition in poetry slam in a country or a language community . The German-speaking Poetry Slam Championship (also: GIPS - German International Poetry Slam ) has been held once a year in different cities since 1997. Over one hundred participants who have qualified in advance through regional competitions will fight for the title.

Representatives of poetry slams from Germany, Austria (since 2000), Switzerland (since 2000), Liechtenstein (since 2009), Luxembourg (since 2014) and from South Tyrol (since 2019) come together to discuss the winners in the disciplines “Individual ”,“ Team ”and“ U20 ”(since 2004). As part of the poetry slam championship, preliminary rounds (since 2000), individual competitions, team competitions, U20 competitions (organized separately from 2013), guest appearances, themed slams and the scene-internal slam masters meeting take place. The poetry slam championships are organized by the members of the poetry slam scene. The host and venue will be determined by vote two years in advance as part of the Slam Masters meeting .

The tradition of the German-language poetry slam championships was founded in 1997 by Wolf Hogekamp . Based on the model of the North American “National Poetry Slams”, nationwide competitions are organized, which in 2001 were extended to the entire German-speaking area. With up to 14,500 spectators and many individual events, the annual poetry slam championships have recently developed into major festivals for stage literature.

German-language poetry slam championships

A tabular overview of all championships and winners can be found in the article Poetry Slam .

I. Championship / Berlin 1997

The first German-language championships were held in Berlin on October 3rd and 4th, 1997.

Individual competition winner
1.	Bas Cooper
2.	Boris Preckwitz & Till Müller-Klug
3.	?
Team competition winner
Team Hamburg (Nadine Barth, Cenk Bekdemir, Michael Weins , Markus Wiese)
organizer
Wolf Hogekamp

Other finalists of the individual competition (among others): Nancy Peiffer, Dagmar Gabler , Jaromir Konecny , Rayl Patzak , Wehwalt Koslovsky , RAN, Wolf Hogekamp , Claudius Hagemeister, Robby Göllmann.

The first German-language poetry slam championships lasted two days. All rounds were held in Club Ex'n'Pop , where Wolf Hogekamp's first German-language poetry slam was held in 1993 . Around 200 visitors followed the championship.

II. Championship / Munich 1998

The second German-language championships were held on November 13 and 14, 1998 in Munich.

Individual competition winner
1.	Michael Lentz
2.	Daniela Lindemann
3.	Bas Böttcher & RAN
Team competition winner
Team Cologne (Guido Gramatke, Bob Lakermann, Michael Tönnis, Wehwalt Koslovsky )
Organizers
Ko Bylanzky , Rayl Patzak

The film Slam Nation has its German premiere as part of the second German-language championships. With Marc Kelly Smith also the inventor of poetry slams are present.

Further finalists of the individual competition (among others): Tracy Splinter , Leona Gonsalves, Dagmar Gabler , Jaromir Konecny , Wehwalt Koslovsky , Hartmut Pospiech, Pamela Granderath, Le Schmuck, Dirk Huelstrunk, Jan Off , Bdolf, Sarah Mankau, Simone Ohne, Hadayatullah Hübsch , Bob Lakermann, Michael Wefers, Conny von Wahnwitz.

III. Championship / Weimar 1999

The third German-language championships were held in Weimar in October 1999.

Individual competition winner
1.	Tracy Splinter
2.	Jaromir Konecny
3.	Woe to Koslovsky
Team competition winner
Team Tübingen (Florian Werner, Mr. Magic, Simone Ohne, Friedemann B. Holder)
organizer
Bas Cooper

So far, the designation national had prevailed for the championships, but since from now on poets from Switzerland and Austria (as well as Liechtenstein and Luxembourg) regularly take part, an agreement has been reached over time on German International Poetry Slam , GIPS for short , as a new name for the championships. With Tracy Splinter, a woman won the individual competition for the first and last time, a total of around twenty poets and eleven teams are in the competition. Weimar was the European Capital of Culture in 1999 .

Further finalists of the individual competition (among others): Philipp Weber , Verena Carl , Klaus Cäsar Zehrer , Knud Wollenberger .

IV. Championship / Düsseldorf 2000

The fourth German-language championships were held from September 30th to October 3rd, 2000 in Düsseldorf.

Individual competition winner
1.	Jan Off
2.	Jaromir Konecny
3.	Juerg Halter
Team competition winner
Team Aachen (Hartmut Heil, Gerhard Horriar, Michael Stetter)
Organizers
André Michael Bolten, Robby Göllmann, Pamela Granderath, Wehwalt Koslovsky

Further finalists of the individual competition (among others): Marlene Stamerjohanns, Ulrike Ulrich , Bernhard Bauser

For the first time, not only semifinals but also preliminary rounds will take place due to the increased number of participants (40, for the first time also delegations from Switzerland and Austria present).

V. Championship / Hamburg 2001

The fifth German-language championships were held from November 15th to 17th, 2001 in Hamburg.

Individual competition winner
1.	Sebastian Krämer
2.	Ralf Schlatter
3.	Dan Richter
Team competition winner
Team Winterthur (Sibylle Aeberli, Tom Combo, Suzanne Zahnd)
Organizers
Tina Uebel , Hartmut Pospiech, Frederike Moldenhauer, Michel Abdollahi

Further finalists of the individual competition (among others): Sandra Künzi, Daniel Ryser , Christian Hirdes , Timo Brunke , Wehwalt Koslovsky , Knud Wollenberger , Mind J Jizum, Sushi da Slamfish, Florian Graf HH von Hinten, Bud Rose, Raimund Meisenberger, Gabriel Koch, Pascal Keimel.

Three Swiss reach the individual finals, the only Swiss team wins the title. A total of one hundred and fifty poets from 29 cities in Hamburg are at the start. With a total of sixteen finalists, the 2001 individual final is by far the largest. A recording of the final in the Hamburg market hall appeared on CD ( International German Poetry Slam literature! Live, direct and spontaneous, Hoffmann and Campe Verlag , ISBN 978-3-455-30286-8 ).

VI. Championship / Bern 2002

The sixth German-speaking championships were held from September 19 to 21, 2002 in Bern.

Individual competition winner
1.	Let Samström
2.	Daniel Ryser
3.	Fiva MC
Team competition winner
Team Wuppertal (Jonas Jahn, Markim Pause, Lasse Samström , Michael Wefers)
Organizers
Matthias Burki, Yves Thomi

Other finalists in the individual competition: Michael Schönen, Svetlana Jovanovic, Timo Brunke , Markim Pause, Wehwalt Koslowsky , Etrit Hasler, Alex Dreppec , Etta Streicher , Tim Verbarg, Tobias Hoffmann.

The first championship outside of Germany reached a total of 2000 spectators. Lasse Samström was the first poet to win both the individual and the team competition in the same year.

VII Championship / Darmstadt / Frankfurt 2003

The seventh German-speaking championships were held from October 2nd to 5th, 2003 in Darmstadt and Frankfurt.

Individual competition winner
1.	Sebastian Krämer
2.	Michael Schönen
3.	Tobias Borke
Team competition winner
Team Passau (Raimund Meisenberger, Markus Pissarek)
Organizers
Oliver Gaussmann, Alex Dreppec , Dirk Hülstrunk, Rüdiger Wenig

Other finalists in the individual competition: Dagmar Schönleber , Dalibor Markovic , Florian Graf HH von Hinten, Marco Kreye, Andreas Grimm, Marlene Stamerjohanns, Antje Herden , Thompson.

For the first time, the championships were held in parallel in two cities.

VIII. Championship / Stuttgart 2004

The eighth German-language championships were held from October 29th to 31st, 2004 in Stuttgart.

Individual competition winner
1.	Gabriel cousin
2.	Anselm Neft
3.	?
Team competition winner
Team Tübingen (Jakob Nacken, Helge Thun )
U20 competition winner
Lino Wirag
Organizers
Timo Brunke , Angelika Brunke

Further finalists of the individual competition (among others): Micha Ebeling, Nora Gomringer , Sebastian Krämer , Timo Borke, Christian Meyer, Stefan Schrahe.

The U20 title was awarded for the first time, with Gabriel Vetter for the first time a Swiss won the individual title.

IX. Championship / Leipzig 2005

The ninth German-language championships were held from October 27th to 29th, 2005 in Leipzig.

Individual competition winner
1.	Volker Strübing
2.	Christian Bartel
3.	Lydia Hence
Team competition winner
Tha Boyz with tha Girlz in tha Back ( Nora Gomringer , Mia Pittroff and Fiva )
U20 competition winner
Nadja Schlueter & Krok (Krisha Kops)
Organizers
Leif Greinus, Sebastian Wolter, Martin Wolter

Further finalists of the individual competition (among others): Katinka Buddenkotte , Marlene Stamerjohanns

There were two winners in the U20 competition once.

X. Championship / Munich 2006

The tenth German-language championships were held from November 8th to 12th, 2006 in Munich.

Individual competition winner
1.	Marc-Uwe Kling
2.	Felix Römer
3.	Tobias Borke
Team competition winner
Team LSD ( Volker Strübing , Micha Ebeling)
U20 competition winner
Lara Stoll
Organizers
Ko Bylanzky , Rayl Patzak

Other finalists in the individual competition: Lars Ruppel , Felix Bonke, Florian HH Graf von Hinten, Volker Strübing , Sebastian Krämer , Etrit Hasler, Katinka Buddenkotte , Pauline Füg , Grög !.

XI. Championship / Berlin 2007

The eleventh German-language championships were held in Berlin from October 3rd to 7th.

Individual competition winner
1.	Marc-Uwe Kling
2.	Sebastian 23
3.	Philipp Scharrenberg
Team competition winner
/ SMAAT ( Sebastian 23 , Felix Römer , Lars Ruppel , Gabriel Vetter )
U20 competition winner
Julian Heun
Organizers
Wolf Hogekamp , Petra Anders, Wehwalt Koslovsky , Gauner , Frank Klötgen , Paul Hofmann, Sebastian Krämer

Other finalists: Pauline Füg , Volker Strübing, Maik Martschinkowsky, Harry Kienzler, Micha Ebeling, Heiner Lange, Andy Strauss , Mirco Buchwitz, Team Word Alert .

Team and individual competitions were held once in 2007 in a joint round. In addition to the winners SMAAT, only the Frankfurt team Word Alert ( Dalibor , Telhaim, Ken Yamamoto) reached the final. Marc-Uwe Kling was the first and so far last slam poet who was able to defend his title the following year.

XII. Championship / Zurich 2008

The twelfth German-language championships were held from November 19 to 22, 2008 in Zurich.

Individual competition winner
1.	Sebastian 23
2.	Julian Heun
3.	Johanna Wack & Gabriel Vetter
Team competition winner
Team LSD ( Volker Strübing , Micha Ebeling)
U20 competition winner
Bleu Broode
Organizers
Lukas Hofstetter, Richi Küttel, Martin Otzenberger, Patrick Armbruster, Etrit Hasler, Ivo Engeler, Matthias Frei

Further finalists of the individual competition: Vincent Welt, Micha Ebeling, Florian Cieslik , Sven Kamin, as Featued Poet : Mark-Uwe Kling .

Exceptionally, the final was held with direct duels, so that two third places result.

XIII. Championship / Düsseldorf 2009

The thirteenth German-language championships were held from October 29th to 31st, 2009 in Düsseldorf.

Individual competition winner
1.	Philipp Scharrenberg
2.	Christian Knight
3.	Julius Fischer
Team competition winner
PauL ( Bumillo , Heiner Lange, Philipp Scharrenberg )
U20 competition winner
Yasmin Hafedh
Organizers
Markim Pause, Pamela Granderath, Christine Brinkmann

Other finalists in the individual competition: Julian Heun , Sebastian 23 , Nico Semsrott , Björn Högsdal , Lara Stoll , Karsten Hohage , Bumillo , as Featured Poet : Tracy Splinter ..

XIV. Championship / Ruhr area 2010

The fourteenth German-language championships were held from October 10th to 13th, 2010 in various cities in the Ruhr area.

Individual competition winner
1.	Patrick Salmen
2.	Daniel Wagner
3.	Jasper Diedrichsen
Team competition winner
Team and Struppi ( Moritz Neumeier , Jasper Diedrichsen )
U20 competition winner
Laurin Buser
Organizers
Sebastian Rabsahl , Misha Verollet , Frank Klötgen

Other finalists in the individual competition: Tom Schildhauer , Pierre Jarawan , Franziska Holzheimer, Martin Sieper, Till Reiners .

As part of RUHR.2010 , the fourteenth championships took place throughout the Ruhr area. Final location was Bochum's Jahrhunderthalle .

XV. Championship / Hamburg 2011

The fifteenth German-language championships were held from October 18-22, 2011 in Hamburg.

Individual competition winner
1.	Nektarios Vlachopoulos
2.	Patrick Salmen
3.	Sebastian 23
Team competition winner
Team Total Destruction ( André Herrmann , Julius Fischer )
U20 competition winner
Alex Meyer
Organizers
Jan-Oliver Lange, Thomas Schultz, Hartmut Pospiech, Frederike Moldenhauer, Robert Oschatz

Other finalists in the individual competition: Till Reiners , Laurin Buser , Theresa Hahl , Sebastian 23 , Renato Kaiser, Svenja Gräfen .

The final took place in front of over 4,000 spectators in the O2-World .

XVI. Championship / Heidelberg / Mannheim 2012

The sixteenth German-language championships were held from November 13th to 17th, 2012 in Heidelberg and Mannheim.

Individual competition winner
1.	Pierre Jarawan
2.	Jan Philipp Zymny
3.	René Sydow
Team competition winner
Team Total Destruction ( André Herrmann , Julius Fischer )
U20 competition winner
Jule Weber
Organizers
Frank Habrik, Kathrin Rabus

Other finalists in the individual competition: Volker Strübing , Klaus Urban , Daniel Wagner, Lucas Fassnacht, Andy Strauss , Sven Kamin.

XVII. Championship / Bielefeld 2013

The seventeenth German-speaking championships were held from November 6th to 9th, 2013 in Bielefeld.

Individual competition winner
1.	Jan Philipp Zymny
2.	Lars Ruppel
3.	Volker Strübing
Team competition winner
Team Bottermelk Fresch ( Julian Heun , Bleu Broode , Lars Ruppel )
U20 competition winner
Fee (carried out separately in Kiel)
Organizers
Karsten Strack, Markus Freise , Nico Bein, Marc-Oliver Schuster , Sven Stickling, Michael Goehre

Other finalists in the individual competition: Hazel Brugger , Sulaiman Masomi , Torsten Wolff , David Friedrich, Florian Wintels , Felix Lobrecht .

For the first time in 2013, the U20 championship was decoupled from the German-language slam championships as an independent event and organized as a separate literature festival. Jan Philipp Zymny was only twenty years old when he won the title, making him the youngest German-speaking slam champion to date.

XVIII. Championship / Dresden 2014

The eighteenth German-language championships were held in Dresden from October 28 to November 1, 2014.

Individual competition winner
1.	Lars Ruppel
2.	Paul Weigl
3.	Tobias Gralke
Team competition winner
Team Scheller ( Dominique Macri , Dalibor Markovic)
U20 competition winner
Johannes Berger (held separately in Berlin)
Organizers
Lisa Jaspersen, Christian Meyer, André Herrmann , Julius Fischer , Thomas Jurisch, Hauke ​​von Grimm

Other finalists in the individual competition: Daniel Wagner, Erik Leichter, Nektarios Vlachopoulos , Lillemor Kausch, Max Kennel, Jan Philipp Zymny .

XIX. Championship / Augsburg 2015

The nineteenth German-language championships were held from November 3rd to 7th, 2015 in Augsburg.

Individual competition winner
1.	Jan Philipp Zymny
2.	Lars Ruppel
3.	Fabian Navarro
Team competition winner
Interrobang (Valerio Moser, Manuel Diener)
U20 competition winner
Jonas Balmer (held separately in Regensburg)
organizer
Horst Thieme

Other finalists in the individual competition: Björn H. Katzur, Mona Harry, Florian Wintels , Lisa Eckhart , David Friedrich, Julian Heun .

In the final, a coin had to be tossed between Lisa Eckhart and Jan Philipp Zymny with the same points in order to determine who would make it to the final jump-off of the top three.

XX. Championships / Stuttgart 2016

The twentieth German-speaking championships were held in Stuttgart from November 2nd to 5th, 2016.

Individual competition winner
1.	Philipp Scharrenberg
2.	Nik Salsflausen
3.	Tom from Graz
Team competition winner
Team LSD ( Volker Strübing , Micha Ebeling)
U20 competition winner
Benjamin Poliak (held separately in Magdeburg)
Organizers
Nikita Gorbunov, Hanz , Thomas Geyer

Further finalists in the individual competition: Filo, Marvin Suckut, Lisa Christ, Fatima Moumouni , Yannik Sellmann, Daniel Wagner, as featured poet : Jan Philipp Zymny .

With Tom from Graz an Austrian was able to place on the podium for the first time. A total of over a hundred poets took part in the individual competition.

XXI. Championships / Hannover 2017

The twenty-first German-language championships were held in Hanover from October 24th to 28th, 2017.

Individual competition winner
1.	Alex Burkhard
2.	Fabian Navarro
3.	Yannik Sellmann
Team competition winner
Heun & Sons ( Julian Heun , David Friedrich)
U20 competition winner
Benjamin Poliak (held separately in Heidelberg)
Organizers
Ninia LaGrande, Bernard Hoffmeister , Klaus Urban, Tobias Kunze , Henning Chadde , Jörg Smotlacha , Jan Egge Sedelies , Volker Petri , Uwe Meyer , Johannes Berger and Julia Ustinski

Other finalists in the individual competition: Jason Bartsch , Noah Klaus, Jan Cönig, Lucia, Jean-Philippe Kindler , Sophia Szymula, Daniel Wagner, as Featured Poet : Philipp Scharrenberg .

XXII. Championship / Zurich 2018

The twenty-second German-language championships were held in Zurich from November 6th to 10th, 2018, as the Slam Masters Meeting at the 2016 championships had unanimously decided.

Individual competition winner
1.	Jean-Philippe Kindler
2.	Daniel Wagner & David Weber
Team competition winner
Interrobang (Valerio Moser, Manuel Diener)
U20 competition winner
Sarah Anna Fernbach (held separately in Paderborn)
Organizers
Phibi Reichling, Lukas Hofstetter, Martin Otzenberger, Tina Messer

Other finalists in the individual competition: Gregor Stäheli, Tabea Farnbacher, Lisa Christ , Nik Salsflausen, Remo Zumstein, Joël Perrin, Michel Kühn, Friedrich Herrmann , Rainer Holl , as featured poet : Alex Burkhard .

The final jump-off was decided by an applause vote, with only the winner being determined and thus two second places. A total of 144 poets took part in the individual competition.

XXIII. Championship / Berlin 2019

The twenty-third German-speaking championships were held in Berlin from October 23 to 26, 2019 .

Individual competition winner
1.	Friedrich Herrmann
2.	Rainer Holl
3.	Jan Cönig
Team competition winner
To the golden blacksmith ( Laurin Buser , Fatima Moumouni )
U20 competition winner
Paulina Behrendt (held separately in Erfurt)
U20 team competition winner
Until someone cries (Lina Wedemeyer, Levin Simmet) (held separately in Erfurt)
Organizers
Julian Heun , Wolf Hogekamp , Kerim Kisa, Max Gebhard, Veronika Rieger, Filomena Franke, Ken Yamamoto

Other finalists in the individual competition: Maron Fuchs, Tanasgol Sabbagh, Jessy James LaFleur, Kolja Fach, Philipp Potthast, Marcel Schneuer, as Featured Poet : Rita Apel.

XXIV Championship / Düsseldorf 2020

The twenty-fourth German-speaking championships will be held in Düsseldorf from October 28 to 31, 2020 .

Individual competition winner
1.
2.
3.
Team competition winner
U20 competition winner
(will be held separately in Darmstadt)
Organizers
Christine Brinkmann, Markim Pause, Helge Goldschläger, Johannes Floehr , Marie Gdaniec, Bernard Hoffmeister , Jean-Philippe Kindler , Aylin Celik

Trivia

• most of the finals in the individual competition reached Volker Strübing with six entries (2004–2007, 2012–2013)
• Strübing also won the most titles with a total of four wins (once individual, three times in a team)
• the slam team " Allen Earnstyzz " (Stefan Dörsing, Julian Heun , Temye Tesfu) reached the final three times in the team competition and landed in second place each time

Poetry Slam Swiss Championships (since 2010)

singles

• 2010 Lara Stoll
• 2011 Gabriel Vetter
• 2012 Renato Kaiser
• 2013 Hazel Brugger
• 2014 Christoph Simon
• 2015 Christoph Simon
• 2016 Remo Zumstein
• 2017 Dominik Muheim
• 2018 Kilian Ziegler
• 2019 Marco Gurtner

Web links

• Chronology of the German-speaking Poetry Slam Championship 1997 to 2007

literature

• Petra Anders: Poetry Slam: Live poets in poet battles. A work book . Verlag an der Ruhr, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8346-0293-0 .
• Karsten Strack (Ed.): Poetry Slam - The Handbook . Lektora-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95461-094-5 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Participants - SLAM 2014. Accessed March 24, 2017 . 
2. ↑ History of the German-language Poetry Slam Championships ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2009 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. 
3. ↑ Kieler Nachrichten, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: U20 championships of the poetry slam in Kiel - KN - Kieler Nachrichten. Retrieved March 24, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Article from www.slam2011.de ( Memento of the original dated November 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ The unfinished history of the Poetry Slam in facts and figures ( Memento from August 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
6. ^ ACC Weimar: August 2001: POETRY read SHOW - review. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 24, 2016 ; Retrieved March 25, 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.  
7. ^ Administrator: Chronology of the German-language Poetry Slam Championships. Retrieved March 25, 2017 . 
8. ^ SLAM 2002. November 20, 2005, accessed March 26, 2017 . 
9. ↑ International German Poetry Slam. Literature! Live, direct and spontaneous. 2 CDs . ( perlentaucher.de [accessed on March 25, 2017]).
10. ^ SLAM 2002. August 14, 2007, accessed March 26, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Anna Kistner: The competition of the word fencers . In: the daily newspaper . ( taz.de [accessed on March 25, 2017]).
12. ↑ slam2008.ch - The great German-language Poetry Slam Championships 2008 in Zurich. Retrieved March 24, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Day Four - U20, Individual & Team Finals | Slammin Poetry. Retrieved March 24, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Kieler Nachrichten, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: U20 championships of the poetry slam in Kiel - KN - Kieler Nachrichten. Retrieved March 24, 2017 . 
15. ↑ U20.14 Poetry Slam Berlin. Retrieved March 24, 2017 . 
16. ↑ The Audimax is at the feet of the word art. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, accessed on March 24, 2017 . 
17. ↑ Poetry Slam Championships in Augsburg: That was the 2015 SLAM. Bayerischer Rundfunk, November 9, 2015, accessed on March 24, 2017 . 
18. ↑ U20Slam2016. Retrieved March 24, 2017 . 
19. ↑ U20Slam2016. Retrieved March 24, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Biggest championship in Europe: Poetry Slam Festival 2018 in Zurich . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 8, 2016, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed March 24, 2017]).
21. ↑ Sarah Anna Fernbach is the master of the U20 Poetry Slam 2018. Accessed on November 12, 2018 . 
22. ↑ The 2018 German-speaking champion is Jean-Philippe Kindler! Retrieved November 12, 2018 .