San Jose Poetry Slam (formerly Metro Silicon Valley Poetry Slam) was established by Vadim Litvak and David Huang in 1998. Team San Jose was the 1999 National Poetry Slam Co-Champions along with Team San Francisco.
Later, The San Jose Poetry Slam expanded and flourished and soared to new heights with Mighty Mike McGee, Anthony Miller, Geoff Trenchard, Nate Da Poet, Tristissima, David Perez and many others.
Locations have been at Waves on Post St., Britannia Arms, MACLA, and the Fahrenheit Lounge.