Abby Bland
Kansas City Poet & Performer
Part Poetry, Part Comedy,
All Fun!
Wanna bring poetry to your campus? Your festival? Your theater? Looking for a hands-on poetry workshop for your students or organization? Need a speaker for your fundraiser?
Kansas City Poet ~ Highlights ~
Kansas City Poet ~ Highlights ~
2025 He[art]land Arts Fellow
2024 “Best Poet/Spoken Word Artist” in The Pitch’s Best of KC
2024 winner of the Central Avenue Poetry Prize
2023 “Best Poet/Spoken Word Artist” in The Pitch’s Best of KC
2023 “Best of Venue” at the KC Fringe
2022 ArtsKC Inspiration Grant Recipient
2019 - 2023 Program Director for Poetic Underground KC
2020 Woman of the World Poetry Slam KC Representative
2019 Rustbelt Regional Slam KC Representative
2018 Kansas City Poetry Slam Nationals Team Founding Member
Multi-time Kansas City Slam Finalist
Debut chapbook sold out with Perennial Press in 2020
About Abby
Abby Bland is a Kansas City poet and performer. Her work has appeared in Ghost City Review, What Are Birds? and elsewhere. Her debut chapbook The Odds Against a Starry Cosmos was published in November 2020 with Perennial Press.
She is a multi time finalist on the Kansas City Slam stage, competed in the 2018 National Poetry Slam, the 2019 Rustbelt Regional Slam, and represented Kansas City at the 2020 Woman of the World Poetry Slam.
In 2022 she received an ArtsKC Inspiration grant for her one-person spoken word comedy show You Are Here which premiered as part of the Kansas City Fringe Festival. Her work blends spoken word poetry and comedy, exploring topics like mental health, personal growth, and the absurdity of the human experience.
Previously Worked With
On The Blog
Stay In
thE Loop
My newsletter is the go-to space to hear about my latest shows, projects, and what I’m working on lately. It comes out twice a month!