The biggest Hungarian poetry slam event of the year is back again at Trafó!

During the 3 day-long pre-selection rounds many competitors will give their best to get into the finals, but only a few can make it in the end. They will challenge the previous Hungarian champion, Eszter Szvoren for this year's title.

The outcome will be decided by a jury of 5 people: 4 professional members and 1 person from the audience. The jury will also choose an honorable mention and the audience will also get a chance to vote for its favorite performer during the night.

This year’s jury will be chaired by Péter Mészáros, winner of the 2017 National Slam Poetry Championship, regular host of the Slam Poetry Budapest club events, mentor to several generations of slam poets, and one of the defining figures of the Hungarian slam poetry scene. He will be joined by Zsófi Kemény, poet, writer, screenwriter and slam poet, and one of Hungary’s best-known female slam performers; Róbert Laboda, a pioneer of Hungarian-language slam poetry in Slovakia and a multiple-time participant in the National Slam Poetry Championship; and Márton Simon, poet, performer, literary translator and founder of Okapi Press, an independent contemporary publishing house.

The slammers competing for the 2026 National Slam Poetry Championship title in the final:

Eszter Szroven - 2025 National Champion
Judit Aldermann ‘Aldermann’
Janka Apró
Zsófi Barát
Dániel Csiszér - Transylvania Slam Poetry Champion
Szilveszter Dénes
Benjámin Friss
János Geréb
Ádám Glózer
Júlia Hetesi
Máté Irlanda
Dominik Kapus ‘Doma’
Tamás Kosztolnyik ‘Péni Szecső’
Nóra Judit Kovács
Aliz Mészáros
Ádám Németh ‘Bambusz’
Richárd Sárközi
Tímea Sipos ‘Timi’
Tibor Somogyi
Csaba Tezás

Guest performers:
Novák Mariann
Esti Bálint ‘STB’

Musical contributor: 
Áron Irlanda (Pavilon)