Here's an overview of our schedule for the 2025 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival. Please check back on March 1st for the full schedule of events and descriptions of all our readings and workshops.

Festival Kick-Off: Poetry Slam

8:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.   |    Memorial Union Building, Theater II

Join us for a 4 X 4 Team Poetry Slam hosted by Slam Free or Die and featuring poet Crystal Valentine, former New York City Youth Poet Laureate and two-time winner of the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI)

2025 Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival 

10:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.  |  Hamilton Smith Hall 

Join us for a full (free!) day of poetry programming: readings, workshops, dynamic panels and performances, as well as a small press fair. There will be games and activities, music, food, and fun for all ages!

9:00-10:00: Registration (a light breakfast will be served)
10:00-11:00: Session I
11:15-12:15: Session II
12:30-1:30: Session III
1:45-2:45: Session IV
3:00-4:00: Session V
4:30-5:30: Jennifer Militello, Matthew Olzmann, Thom Schramm (Granite State Poetry Prize Winner), & TBA (Nossrat Yassini Poetry Prize Winner)
5:45-6:45: Reception in atrium
7:00-8:30: Headline Reading: Andrea Cohen, Martin Espada, & Robert Pinsky

9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. |  Freedom Cafe

Late Night Event: Speakeasy

Full schedule of events coming soon!