UCSD Fall 2025 VAMP Storytelling Showcase: 3rd Chances.
Provided by So Say We All, a 501c3 literary and performing arts nonprofit based in Southern CA, The VAMP Storytelling Showcase is a highly-produced, non-fiction, multimedia reading series. Each showcase revolves around a different theme, which is heavily open to interpretation by submitting writers. Out of each round of submitting writers, a cohort is selected to work together over the course of 3-4 weeks in read-and-critique sessions, provided with writing and performance coaches, and finally provided with a live showcase to perform their original true stories.
READ FIRST BEFORE SUBMITTING:
- This UCSD collaboration is available to UCSD staff, faculty, and students.
- Stories should be TRUE, creative non-fiction only.
- Submission deadline: October 22nd.
- Work should fall between 10-12 minutes in length, however we will consider any length within reason on the understanding that the work will be edited down as close to this length as possible while maintaining its integrity. Between 140-160 words per minute is an average guide. Style, voice, and literary form can vary widely, but we're looking for true, non-fiction stories that usually involve a transformation (of you, a character, a place, etc.) and offer an insight that we can relate to.
- All stories submitted are considered first drafts, but should contain a beginning, middle, and end, no matter how rough. Bullet points / outlines will not be considered.
- Please be aware that there is a coaching and critique process for all accepted VAMP submissions. Coaching sessions & crits take place over Zoom and are MANDATORY. If your piece is accepted and you can't make scheduled sessions, please let us know right away. All reasonable accommodations will be made. We want you to give the best performance possible when we put you on stage.
- Selected storytellers MUST be available to perform at the show, scheduled for Friday, December 4th at 6pm at The Loft.
- There is a free generative Writing Workshop at The Loft on October 15th @ 7pm to help you get started on your story. Attendance is not mandatory to submit, just a helpful offering.
Best,
So Say We All