Poetry Slam 2025
Theme: The Stories We Leave Behind: Legacies That Endure
Thursday, April 10
Calling all poets! Take part in our Poetry Slam at the Diversity in Culture Festival. To help you prepare, we have five workshops featuring acclaimed poets and spoken word artists. All workshops are on Zoom. Attend just one or all if you can. Prizes awarded for our top poets!
The Poetry Slam is open to Ventura College students with prizes- sponsored by ASVC.
- $500 1st place
- $300 2nd place
- $250 3rd place.
Poetry Slam Workshops
Please attend our Zoom workshops to help prepare to present at our Poetry Slam. Attend one workshop or all. Click below for the links to attend.
- Vincent Jimenez: March 5 - 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Matt Sedillo: March 6 - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
- David A. Romero: March 12 - 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Kali Bennett: March 13 - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
- Mighty Mike McGee : March 19 - 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Luzmaria Espinosa : March 21 - 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
For more information contact Fernando Salinas at fsalinas@vcccd.edu