SA Poetry Slam

Arantza Garcia, 2025 SA Poetry Slam winner is Australian Poetry Slam National Champion!

Words can’t express how incredibly proud we are that SA slam poet Arantza Garcia won the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam!

Both Arantza and Tori (TJ) represented SA with heartfelt and beautifully intimate poems that left us with goosebumps and a tear in our eyes. It was truly an honour to share this experience with them and to showcase the amazing talent that we have here in SA.

This is the first time an SA poet has taken the win since the Australian Poetry Slam competition began 20 years ago! We know the entire SA poetry community shares a great … ... Read more ...

SA Final of 2025 Australian Poetry Slam – top quality and a full house!

  • Finalists
  • winner – Arantza Garcia
  • runner-up – TJ
  • Stephanie Mylan
  • Conor Brown
  • Elise Witter
  • Peter Wilkes
  • Jacqueline Collier
  • Ben Adams
  • Nigel Ford
  • sacrifice – Nadia Patterson
  • guest performer – Jack Vaul
  • MC – Tracy McNally
  • Score desk – Pam Makin & Matthew Pankhurst

What a great night at Goodwood Theatre and Studios for the SA Final of the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam! After a tight, high quality contest in front of a full house, we are proud to have winner Arantza Garcia and runner-up Tori Johns (TJ) representing the SA poetry community at the National Final of the Australian Poetry … ... Read more ...

Australian Poetry Slam 2025 – SA State Final: Here is the full line-up and guest performer!

  • Jacqueline Collier
  • Arantza Garcia
  • TJ
  • Nigel Ford
  • Ben Adams
  • Conor Brown
  • Peter Wilkes
  • Stephanie Mylan
  • Elise Witter
  • Suzie Hall

Saturday 27 September 2025
Doors open at 7:30pm

Goodwood Theatre & Studios
166 Goodwood Road, Goodwood, SA 5034

$25
Click here to book at trybooking

After 5 stupendous heats for the SA leg of the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam, we now have our 10 SA State Finalists gearing up to smash the stage at the Goodwood Theatre & Studios on Saturday 27 September.

Congratulations to Jacqueline Collier, Arantza Garcia, TJ, Nigel Ford, Conor Brown, Ben Adams, Peter Wilkes, Stephanie … ... Read more ...

Australian Poetry Slam SA Heat 5 goes massive at Jive!

  • runner up Elise Witter & winner Suzie Hall
  • Heat 5 winner Suzie Hall
  • heat 5 runner up Elise Witter
  • Murphy
  • Tiffany Wilson
  • Carissa Fischer
  • Avalanche
  • Priya Cantwell
  • Jill Wherry
  • Tim O’Loughlin
  • Brooklyn Saliba
  • Olenka Toroshenko
  • Pep
  • Caitlin Cantwell
  • Carita D’Agostini
  • Meo Szetu
  • Blake Kramm
  • Holly Peters
  • Maddie Jones
  • Peter Walker
  • Annette Swain
  • Sacrifice Chelsea Avard
  • Guest Maha
  • MC Tracy McNally
  • Jive

What a way to finish off the SA Heats of the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam! One of the biggest turn-outs ever seen at a slam heat completely filled Jive with quality poets and enthusiastic audience members. The vibe was … ... Read more ...

Full house for Australian Poetry Slam SA Heat 4 at Campbelltown Library

  • runner up Stephanie Mylan & winner Peter Wilkes
  • Heat 4 winner – Peter Wilkes
  • Heat 4 runner-up – Stephanie Mylan
  • Avalanche
  • Deb Bland
  • Cindy Cherie
  • Erin Bell
  • Gail Walker
  • Aaron Woolford
  • Maddie Jones
  • Carissa Fischer
  • Olenka Toroshenko
  • Suzi Hall
  • Holly Peters
  • Caitlin Cantwell
  • Annette Swain
  • John Thompson
  • Lata Bhat
  • Elise Witter
  • Guest – Emelia Haskey
  • Sacrifice – Kerryn Tredrea
  • MC – Tracy McNally
  • Campbelltown Library audience

On a cold winter’s night, Campbelltown Library was packed out for SA Heat 4 of the Australian Poetry Slam. With the sign-up list thoroughly over-subscribed, following a ballot in accordance with National Rules, it … ... Read more ...

Australian Poetry Slam 2025 – SA State Final

Saturday 27 September 2025
Doors open at 7:30pm

Goodwood Theatre & Studios
166 Goodwood Road, Goodwood, SA 5034

$25
Click here to book at trybooking

The SA STATE FINAL of the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam is here! Five exhilarating heats leave us with ten state finalists, ready to take to the stage and battle it out to become our 2025 State Champion. The SA winner and runner-up will be off to the National Finals at the Sydney Opera House! The winner of the Nationals will tour Australasia, sharing their creative thoughts and inspiring people everywhere to speak their own poetry.… ... Read more ...

Australian Poetry Slam SA Heat 3 ties it up at Parks

  • Equal winners – Conor Brown & Ben Adams
  • Equal winner – Conor Brown
  • Equal winner – Ben Adams
  • Tyler Clare
  • Aaron Mitchell
  • Edona Dzemaili
  • Maddie Jones
  • Andy Biszczak
  • Erin Bell
  • Timothy Pearce
  • Caitlin Cantwell
  • John Willison
  • Dilky Wijeyehoen
  • Cindy Cherie
  • Aaron Woolford
  • Carissa Fischer
  • Pep Catanzanati
  • Solar
  • Suzi Hall
  • Sidharth Nambiar
  • Annette Swain
  • Sacrifice – Pam Makin
  • Guest – Kathryn Reese
  • MC – Tracy McNally
  • Parks Library audience

Another full list of performers wowed a packed house at Parks Library for SA Heat 3 of the 2025 Australian Poetry Slam. The quality of the poetry continues to be first class, … ... Read more ...

Australian Poetry Slam 2025 – SA Heat 5 – Jive – Last chance!!

Thursday 11 September 2025
6:30pm – 9:00pm

Jive
181 Hindley Street, Adelaide, SA 5000

$15 for audience and competitors via TryBooking or at the door
$15. Click here to book at TryBooking.

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.

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 … ... Read more ...