Heat 2 winner TJ & runner-up Nigel Ford 
Heat 2 winner – TJ 
Heat 2 runner-up – Nigel Ford 
Carissa Fischer 
Megan Ellis 
Avalanche 
Anneliese Coleopy 
Brooklyn Saliba 
Aaron Woolford 
Sanjana 
Deb Bland 
Ben Adams 
Suzi Hall 
Kristy Day 
Ewan McBryde 
Annette Swain 
Hanna Rose 
Cameron Turner 
Louise Smith 
Susan Brame 
Drew Cuffley 
Sacrifice – Jazz 
Guest – Cecilia Ronson 
MC – Tracy McNally 
The State Library audience
SA Heat 2 of the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam thrilled a packed house with high quality performances at the State Library of South Australia. After a ballot to select the final five spots for the night from an over-subscribed sign-up list (only 20 are allowed to compete in any heat), the poets presented an awesome display of spoken word performances. After practicing their skills with a sacrificial poem from Jazz, judging was tight and some excellent scores were reduced due to time-overrun penalties (yes, you really do have only 2 minutes). While the scores were tallied, we were entertained by the prodigious talent of guest performer, Cecilia Ronson.
In the end, we congratulated winner TJ and runner-up Nigel Ford, both of whom will be off to the SA State Final at Goodwood Theatre & Studios on 27th September 2025.
Thank you to all the participants, the audience and judges, our volunteers, and the State Library of South Australia for their on-going support.
Pics: Ian Gibbins
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