"We're grateful for The Moth...
It'll make you laugh, it'll make you think."

Time Out

The Moth believes that everyone has a story. The Moth created StorySLAM
to give those stories a forum.

Following the wild success of our Mainstage series, The Moth sought to accommodate
all the people who asked, “When can I tell my story?” and to encourage those
people who doubted they had a story worth telling. The Moth StorySLAM provides
a stage and a microphone, a theme to inspire and shape the evening, a lively
and supportive audience, and a host to guide the festivities. Stories are limited to
five minutes, guide the festivities. Stories are limited to five minutes, and ten
stories are heard.

The stories are scored by three teams of audience-member judges, and a winner is
announced at every SLAM. SLAM winners later face off in a Moth GrandSLAM.
Since 2001, the raucous, moving, funny and wild quilt of themed stories that emerge
during each show has kept the crowds coming back again and again. SLAMs are
now held on both coasts, in New York City and Los Angeles!