Lydia Gates is a queer autistic performance poet and writer who lives Flagstaff, Arizona with her wife Lucy and their three adorable feline monster children.She is the managing organizer of FlagSlam, a poetry slam in Northern Arizona that was established in 2000. She has been featured by Arizona Republic and is a 2024 Viola Awards finalist. She also competes in poetry slams on a regional and national level including the 2017 and 2018 National Poetry Slams, the 2019 Southwest Shootout, the 2023 Beyond the Neon Regional, the 2023 and 2024 Bigfoot Poetry Slam, and the 2024 Chicharra Poetry Slam.Her poetry collections, I Was an Empire (2017), She Dreams the Moon (2018), and Changeling (2021) are available on Amazon.Lydia also writes as Kirke Vincent.
© Lydia Gates 2024. All rights reserved.
© Lydia Gates 2024. All rights reserved.
2024:January 2024: Phoenix Poetry Slam - 2nd place
February 2024:
Prescott Poetry Slam - winner
Poetry Out Loud Arizona finals - featured performer
March 2024:
All Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor
Viola Awards - finalist, Storytelling
Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival (Albuquerque, NM) - team and individual competitor
April 2024:
Blackberry Peach National Slam Arizona Championships - competitor
June 2024:
Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam (Portland, OR) - team competitorPrevious Appearances:December 2023:
Beyond the Neon Regional (Las Vegas, NV) - competitor
Featured by the Arizona Republic
October 2023:
A Night of Poetry @ Fiddler’s Dream Coffee House - featured performer
Discover Flagstaff - featured performer
September 2023:
5th annual Slamming Bricks (Grand Junction, CO) - event manager and featured performer
Ghost Poetry Show - 3rd place
June 2023: Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam (Portland, OR) - team competitor
April 2023: Northern Arizona Book Festival - featured performer and speaker
March 2023: All Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor
October 2022: Flagstaff Women’s March - featured performer
September 2022: 4th Annual Slamming Bricks - judge and featured performer
June 2022: Poetry & Beer and Sunday Chatter (Albuquerque, NM) - featured performer
October 2021: Discover Flagstaff - featured performer
September 2021: 3rd Annual Slamming Bricks - champion
March 2021: All Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor
June 2020: 2nd Annual Slamming Bricks - competitor
January 2020: All Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor
September 2019: Spit Love at Moab Pride - competitor
August 2019: Southwest Shootout - team and individual competitor
May 2019: FlagSlam Grand Slam - runner up
March 2019:
Juniper House Readings - workshop leader
Flagstaff Femme Fest - contributor
January 2019: All-Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor
September 2018: Spit Love at Moab Pride - competitor
August 2018: National Poetry Slam - representing Flagstaff, AZ
July 2018: Featured at Juniper House Readings
March 2018:
Flagstaff Femme Fest - contributor
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival - contributor
January 2018:
Rock Slam, Nyack, NY - winner
All Arizona Poetry Slam - competitor representing Flagstaff, AZ
August 2017: National Poetry Slam - representing Sedona, AZ
April 2017: Featured by Juniper House Readings
© Lydia Gates 2024. All rights reserved.