2026
San Diego PoetrySLAM
San Diego PoetrySLAM (left to right: Rudy Francisco, Olivia Mercedes, Chanté Summers, Soph Pashtunyar, & Nate Lovell) were the winners of the 2026 Bigfoot Festival Poetry Slam Tournament.
First Place: San Diego PoetrySLAM (San Diego, CA)
Second Place: Spotlight Poetry (Las Vegas, NV)
Third Place: Slamlandia (Portland, OR)
Fourth Place: Boombox Poetry Salon (Seattle, WA / Portland, OR / Mexico City, MX)
2025
Smoke Slam
Smoke Slam (left to right: Aris Klan, Sherrika Mitchell, Ebony Stewart, LeChell “The Shootah“ Rush, Blacqwildflowr, & RJ Wright) were the winners of the 2025 Bigfoot Festival Poetry Slam Tournament.
First Place: Smoke Slam (Houston, TX)
Second Place: San Diego PoetrySLAM (San Diego, CA)
Third Place: Spotlight Poetry (Las Vegas, NV)
Fourth Place: Team LaLa (Portland, OR / Los Angeles, CA)
2024
San Diego PoetrySLAM
San Diego PoetrySLAM (left to right: Rudy Francisco, Alex Clark, Espi Love, Joe Mac, & Natasha Hooper) were the winners of the 2024 Bigfoot Festival Poetry Slam Tournament.
First Place: San Diego PoetrySLAM (San Diego, CA)
Second Place: Berkeley Poetry Slam (Berkeley, CA)
Third Place: Ghost Phantom (Phoenix, AZ)
Fourth Place: WeHo Slam Team (West Hollywood, CA)
2023
Team TBD
Team TBD (left to right: Will Nu’utupu Giles, Jae Nichelle, Bella, Ebo Barton, & Christopher Diaz) were the winners of the 2023 Bigfoot Festival Poetry Slam Tournament.
First Place: Team TBD (Portland, OR / Seattle, WA)
Second Place: Fountain City Poets (Kansas City, MO)
Third Place: Berkeley Slam (Berkeley, CA)
Fourth Place: Portland Poetry Slam (Portland, OR)
2019
San Diego PoetrySLAM
San Diego Poetry Slam (Simply Tee, Shateir Butler, Rudy Francisco, Ronald Williams, & Sherwin Ginez) won the first ever (then named) Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam in 2019.
First Place: San Diego PoetrySLAM (San Diego, CA)
Second Place: Seattle Poetry Slam (Seattle, WA)
Third Place: Omaha Poetry Slam (Omaha, NE)
Fourth Place: Team Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)