This event is in the past.It took place on December 7, 2025 at ShapeShifter Lab.
Poets battle for $500 cash prizes in a wildly inventive format where audience members become judges via a musical-chairs countdown. Fifteen competitors go head-to-head while alumni poets perform between rounds—it's part open mic, part game show, all energy.
Poetry battle
Open mic
Cash prizes
Interactive judging
Tips
📝sign-ups first-come at door only, arrive early
UPC Battle for the Bag Poetry Open Mic
Park Slope
Poets battle for $500 cash prizes in a wildly inventive format where audience members become judges via a musical-chairs countdown. Fifteen competitors go head-to-head while alumni poets perform between rounds—it's part open mic, part game show, all energy.
Poetry battle
Open mic
Cash prizes
Interactive judging
Tips
📝sign-ups first-come at door only, arrive early
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