Slamming It! is a national programme of writing, performance and spoken word workshops and live events for young people 10-18yrs. At the heart of Slamming It! is the Scottish Youth Poetry Slam where young people from across the country compete for the title of Scottish Youth Slam Master. 

Scottish Youth Poetry Slam 2025
Main Auditorium, Perth Theatre, 12.30pm Wed 1st October 2025

Scottish Youth Poetry Slam 2025 (SYPS) will work with young people 11-13yrs from seven groups from across the country to create poems and develop performance/presentation skills through eight hours of workshops. The young people perform their work at, the very good natured, Scottish Youth Poetry Slam event in front of 200+ young people in Perth Theatre October 2025.

Competing groups 2025: Findochty Primary School, Moray; Cornton Primary School, Stirling; Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow; Sgoil na Coille Nuaidh, East Ayrshire; St Ninian's Episcopal Primary School, Perth; St. Joseph’s Primary School, Helensburgh; East Craigs Primary School, Edinburgh;

Our host:

Hannah Lavery

Our Judges:

Beth Cochrane, Caitlin Sherret, Robin Cairns

The slam will be live streamed and available on this page.

In the mean time below is the Scottish Youth Poetry Slam 2022.

'The fact that you could do your poems more freely and say what you want.' (Collaborator, SYPS)

'I started to become less shy and more open. Today made me come out and talk a lot more which is great.' (Collaborator, SYPS)