10/05/2026
The first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns NEXT WEEK in-person! All participants have a chance to compete at the international level at the final slam hosted in a Latinx country 🌍 Hosted by Yesenia Roman and Luis Tubens “Logan Lu.”
🗓️ Wednesday, October 14th at 7PM
📍Taqueria El Mezquite | 1756 W. 18th St.
BYOB
RSVP ➡️ link in bio
Open to poets of all styles and ages! From anyone who is just starting, to anyone who has been writing for decades, are all welcome to participate.
Requirements:
Slam– 2 poems in Spanish/Spanglish
Open Mic– Any genre of performance art in any language!
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¡Abierto a poetas de todos estilos y edades! Desde quien apenas esta empezando a escribir, a quienes llevan décadas escribiendo– todos están bienvenidos a participar.
Requisitos:
Slam– Dos poemas (en español/spanglish)
Open Mic– Música/Poesía/Cuento etc, en cualquier idioma
JUEZ DE HONOR 🔥
Yazud E. Brito-Milian (they/them) is a Chicane poet, impatient collagist, abolitionist, and eldest sister. Born in Winston-Salem, NC, and based in Chicago, IL, they are working on their first chapbook, crossfade, dedicated to their dad’s black and yellow KORG M50 and the musicians who raised them. Yazud has received fellowships from The Watering Hole, Periplus, and CantoMundo. Their work appears in Muzzle Magazine, Voicemail Poems, The Poetry Project, and Huizache Magazine. They are one of the founding members of Tanda Poetry Collective, a BIPOC-led poetry book club and workshop space for BIPOC poets. They also co-host a new reading series and open mic on the South Side called Canto-Kòjo. In Spanish, canto means “to sing,” and in Yoruba, kòjo means “together.” Yazud hopes to continue using poetry as a tool for gathering—to ensure our communities remain alive and celebrated.
Información + registro ➡️ link en el bio
