Christopher Michael (Poet)

Christopher Michael, United States born spoken word artist, international touring artist, founder of publishing company 310 Brown Street, poet, published author, spoken word recording artist, and music producer.

Christopher Michael has been a regular in The Texas Slam scene since 1999 and the National Slam since 2004. He is the co-founder of Killeen Poetry Slam, former executive director and slammaster of They Speak Youth Slam (now Speak Piece Poetry Project ) in Austin Tx, and is now the slammaster of Austin NeoSoul, executive board member of Austin Poetry Slam, and president of Poetry Slam Inc.

Christopher Michael has been integral in creating spaces  for spoken word artists to write, share, heal, and compete with their original works in Austin, Killeen, and surrounding areas, going national with the foundation of his publishing company 310 Brown Street.

Among his accomplishments are 2005-2006 Austin Slam Champ, 2008 Killeen Slam Champ, 2010 Arkansas Grand Slam Winner. He has been a member and coach of 9 National Slam Teams and coached 4 Youth Poetry Slam Teams, leading several teams to the final stage and championship rankings in national poetry slam competitions, both as coach and team member for Austin and Killeen.

In 2015, he played the part of Senator Ellis in “Just Outside Redemption” by Theatre en Bloc.

Among his titles are 2005, 2005 AustinPoetry Champion, 2008 Killeen Champion, 2011 Arkansas Champion and is currently Ranked the third best poet in the world, Christopher Michael had his own day declared by Mayor Steve Adler, June 23, 2016, for his vast contributions to both the adult and youth poetry scenes.

2007 Killeen Poetry Slam makes its debut coached by Christopher Michael at the National Poetry Slam missing national champions by 0.4 points, bested by Team Charlotte 2007 Comes in 2nd in the last National Individual Slam after a tie breaker

2008 Killeen Slam Champion 2008 Killeen Slam Team and Coach

2009 Killeen Slam Team and Coach 2009 Rock the Republic Slam Champion

2010 Coaches Texas Youth Word Collectives Under 21 Slam 2010 Arkansas Grand Slam Champion 2010 Rock the Republic Slam Champion 2010 Releases 2nd CD titled, “Poet For Hire” 2010 Killeen Slam Team

2011 After the tragic loss of Sheila Siobhan, Christopher picks up the leadership mantle of The Austin Youth Team - They Speak

2012 Returns to Austin Poetry Slam as coach, regular host and member of the board 2012 They Speak Youth Slam Coach

2014 Austin Slam Team 2014 Kicks off his Think, Laugh, Cry Tour 2014 Elected to the Executive Board of Poetry Slam, Inc.

2015 Releases 1st book “Persona Non Grata” 2015 Winner 1st Texas Slam Master Slam

2016 Austin Frontera Fest “Best of Fest” 2016 Souther Fried Slam Finalist 2016 Austin Mayor Steve Adler declares June 23rd “Christopher Michael Day” 2016 Wins The SlamMaster Slam at the 2016 National Poetry Slam 2016 Leads Austin NeoSoul to 4th in the nation at the 2016 National Poetry Slam 2016 Individual World Poetry Slam Haiku Death Match Champion 2016 Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist 2016 Nominated Texas State Artist, Poet Laureate

2017 Releases 2nd book "Nuclear Orange: Cupid is the Devil"

2017 Releases Album "Nuclear Orange: RFTG"