AWEsome Be Natural Poetry Slam

  • Winners
  • Winner – Sanjana Raja
  • Runner-up – Pam Makin
  • Ben Adams
  • Kathryn Reese
  • Genie Papadopoulos
  • Christie Marks
  • Meg Bekiaris
  • Jill Wherry
  • David Cronin
  • Vicki-Jo Russell
  • Tom O’Loughlin
  • Isaac Nakone
  • Stella Damarjati
  • Avalanche
  • Nicholas Nakone
  • Masood Ahmed
  • Nikki Rawnsley
  • Conor Brown
  • Helium Liu
  • Phoebe Wood
  • Guest – Tracy Coogs McNally
  • MC & Sacrifice – Matthew Pankhurst
  • Audience

The Be Natural Poetry Slam, held at Dymocks Books as part of the 2024 Nature Festival, brought out a packed house with a full roster of poets and an enthusiastic appreciative audience. The poetry was uniformly excellent and we were delighted to see a bunch of first-timer performers present their work in style. Tracy “Coogs” McNally gave us a fabulous guest performance and Matthew Pankhurst, in his first role as MC, steered the event with humour and a fine sacrificial poem.

The competition was close with only small margins separating most of the scores. So big congratulations to winner, Sanjana Raja, and runner-up, Pam Makin, each of whom received book prizes.

Pics: Ian Gibbins https://www.iangibbins.com.au