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02/04/2026

Poets looking to compete at the CV Slam Fest?
This is the video you’ve been waiting for. 👀🎤

What’s good fam, it’s that time.
You’ve got a 1-week window to get your name in and be eligible to compete.

You gotta play to get paid, so let’s see how 🤔👇🏽

The CV Slam Fest 2026 is on the way and this is about to be one of the dopest poetry slams ever.
It’s going down in Chula.

If you want that $1,000 and the champ title, you already know what to do.

🗓 Submissions open: February 7th – February 14th
🌐 Visit: poetsundergroundpress.com
➡️ Click CV Slam Fest 2026
🔥 Smash ENTER THE SLAM

Drop your name in the pool for a chance to compete live.
🎲 12 performance slots. Lottery style.

One day. One mic.
Lock in. Let’s get it.

Huge should out to our videographer of for hooking our videos UP!!! We love and appreciate you to@the moon!

Peace y’all ✌🏽

01/07/2026

We’ve been holding onto this one for a long time.

Poets Underground is proud to officially announce the first ever CV Slam Fest, a one day poetry slam festival coming to Chula Vista on April 25, 2026.

This event is made possible through support from the City of Chula Vista Performing and Visual Arts Grant. We are honored to have been awarded funding for the CV Slam Fest project and are deeply grateful for the City’s investment in local arts and culture. We take that responsibility seriously and are excited to steward these funds in a way that serves the community with intention and integrity.

CV Slam Fest will bring poets from across the nation to compete for a $1,000 cash prize, while also centering local voices, youth poets, and the power of spoken word as an art form that belongs on big stages.

We are excited to welcome ELIGH of Living Legends as our special guest, and we will be partnering with Chula Vista schools throughout the day to spotlight youth poetry and emerging voices.

This is a one day event.
It is free to the public.
And it is just the beginning.

Applications to compete will be opening soon. More details coming shortly. Stay close, stay tuned, and thank you for believing in poetry the way we do.

Chula Vista, let’s make history.

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