Friday 4 September 2026
Doors open for sign-up at 6:30pm
Woodcroft Library
175 Bains Road, Morphett Vale, SA 5162
$15 to compete or listen
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Who will become our next Australian Poetry Slam Champion as audiences vote in events around the country? The prize? They tour Australasia sharing their creative thoughts and inspiring people everywhere to speak their own poetry.
Two poets chosen by the audience at each of our five South Australian heats will head to the SA Final. At the final, our winner and runner-up will be off to the Nationals at the Sydney Opera House!
This is your last chance to compete for a place in the SA Finals which will decide who will go on to Sydney.
Poets: share an original poem for two minutes on the mic.
Audience: listen, cheer, vote with scorecards in this national celebration of spoken-word.
There is a maximum of 20 poets per heat, so make sure to get there on time! Sign-ups close at 7:00pm sharp!
Poems must be two minutes or under, no props, no costumes, just you and the power of your words.
Poems must not have been used in previous heats of the SA Poetry Slam.
Full rules at: https://spokenwordsa.com.au/poetry-slams/
Our special guest for Heat 5: Nick Falkner
Nick Falkner lives and works on Kaurna land, trying to find some sort of balance between nature, art, and technology. His poems span a range of forms and topics but he loves experimenting with obscure and constrained writing techniques – with varying levels of success. He has been known to rhyme AND scan, much to his own surprise.
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