Art Pollination: Building Food Justice Through Creativity
We are currently finalizing the list of poets selected to perform at a poetry slam as part of the City of Orlando led initiative, “Art Pollination” on August 5, 2025. A free event to the public!
ABOUT THE POETRY SLAM
A poetry slam event focused on food justice themes. Poets will be provided with background information on food justice topics to guide their creative process. We are looking for 15 poets to participate in the poetry slam and the winners will receive cash prizes!
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Youngest FinalistPROGRAM
A maximum of 15 poets will be selected to participate in the poetry slam happening on August 5, 2025
15 Poets in the 1st round
Top 5 poets will advance to final round
7 - 9:30 p.m.
The Great Southern Box
Options at the venue
RULES & CRITERIA
All poets must physically be present to participate.
Poets must perform their themed poem in round 1 and their own poem in round 2, should they advance.
No props or music may accompany any poems. All content must be authored solely by the poet.
All poems must be submitted by the deadline - July 14, 2025.
Performances must be no more than 3 minutes in length.
July 14
Poem Submissions Due
July 21
Qualifying Poets Announced
August 5
Food Justice Poetry Slam
Examples of Food Justice Content
Video Resources
Hunger Pains
Poems
Food
The Gospel of Barbecue
Q&A
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An initiative that strives to create awareness and solutions regarding topics such as food insecurity and hunger amongst our communities.
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You will receive an email explaining that you have been selected to participate. Note that a submission does not equate to being accepted.
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There will be two total rounds of poetry. The order of the first round will be determined by random number selection.
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Point deductions will apply to any performances beyond 3 minutes and 10 seconds. The highest and lowest scores among the judges will not count. The three middle scores will be added together to determine each poet's score for each round.
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In the event of a tie, dropped scores will be reintroduced.
The Food Justice Poetry Slam 2025 is supported in part with funding from the City of Orlando's Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge Grant 2025.
To learn more about the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, visit publicartchallenge.bloomberg.org. To learn more about Bloomberg Philanthropies, visit www.bloomberg.org.
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