SA Poetry Slam

Big thanks to luxi photography. 

Congratulations to winner of the SA Poetry Slam Heat 2, Amy Watson and runner-up, Ashlee Spalding-Sykes. Both will be off to the State Finals at The Goodwood Institute on 30th September.

Thanks to Luxi Photography, Matilda Bookshop, the City of Salisbury and the Salisbury Writers’ Festival.

Heat 3 of the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam is coming your way!

Friday, 2nd September

Hetzel Lecture Theatre, Institute Building, State Library of South Australia

corner North Terrace & Kintore Avenue

Registrations open at 6:30pm. The show starts at 7:00pm.
20 competitors per heat – first 15 are guaranteed, if over 20 register those last five spots are decided by random draw.

$5 Entry / Door. $150 in prizes and two spots in the SA Slam Final up for grabs. 

Our feature performer is Khail Jureidini: poet, wordsmith, enigma, a true veteran of the Australian poetic … ... Read more ...

Congrats to the winners of Heat 1, Jason Marsiglia and Chiara Gabrielli, who are off to the State Final! Sell-out capacity crowd, new faces among the competitors, huge range of styles, great words, great performances!!

Thanks to Matilda Bookshop for sponsorship and Luxi Photography for the pix.

Get your next chance to compete or come along and cheer at Heat 2 at Salisbury, 26th August.

If you haven’t been to a slam before, here’s a summary of how it works:

• Sign-in on the night.
• Sign-in opens at 6:30pm for a 7:00 start.
• There is a maximum of 20 entrants

Poetry slams are electric live events where the audience is the judge. Poets have 2 minutes to speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing their original poem for a chance at state and national glory.

Heat 2 is coming your way Friday, 26th August at the Salisbury Institute as part of this years Salisbury Writers’ Festival presented by the City of Salisbury.

$5 Entry / Door. Sign in at 6:30 for 7:00pm start.
$150 in prizes and two spots in the SA Final up for grabs.

Due to circumstances beyond Spoken Word SA’s control, Abe Nouk can no longer … ... Read more ...

Get yourselves up and ready to perform / judge / cheer the 2016 SA Poetry Slam!!

5 SA heats, then the State Final for the top two performers of each heat.

Heat 1   SA Writers Centre, Friday 19^th August

Heat 2   Salisbury Institute,  Friday 26^th August

Heat 3   State Library of SA,  Friday 2^nd September

Heat 4   Woodcroft Library,  Friday 9^th September

Heat 5   Jive, Friday 16^th September

State Final Goodwood Institute/Theatre, Friday 30^th September          

For all the details, click here and keep track of the events calendar.

SA Poetry Slam 2016 … ... Read more ...