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South Australian Heat 1
Friday 21^th August 2020

Jive Nightclub 
181 Hindley Street Adelaide
6.30pm sign up for 7pm start  
$6 entry for audience and competitors

Contestants have 2 minutes to speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing their original poem. There are no props, no costumes, no music: just the poet and the words. Judges are selected at random from the audience. The heat winners compete again in the SA State Final and the two top finalists then go on to compete in the Australian Poetry Slam National Showcase.

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It is time for Spoken Word SA to officially welcome to the fold its talented new co-director! Ashlee Karlar is a queer, feminist poet from Adelaide. A lover of odes and metaphors, Ashlee is a social worker who believes that art and writing is an underused tool in trauma informed practice. She is a past SA finalist for the Australian Poetry Slam, a former poet in residence, and a regular at open mics around the city.

The Summer Slam 19 Final went off big time at Jive Nightclub! Congratulations to our winner Mika Friebel, runner up, Pam Makin, close third, Riley Kamp and all the fine wordsmiths who took part in this year’s events.

KAMI

SARAH JANE JUSTICE

MIKA FRIEBEL

PAM MAKIN

RILEY KAMP

TRACEY O'CALLAGHAN

BRUCE GREENHALGH

TEGAN SABINE

FRANZISKA MARZI

MATT PRITCHARD

SHAINE MELROSE

CARISSA FISCHER

 

The Summer Slam 19 started off in fine fashion with 12 competitors in front of a packed house at the State Library of South Australia. Congrats to winner Pam Makin and runner-up Julia Henning.

There are still three heats to go before the final. Heat 2 is at the Broadcast Bar on Sunday 13th January. Click here for details.

Kelly Cusack, South Australian Poetry Slam finalist performing at the State Final Goodwood Theatre, Goodwood, 20th September 2018.

Writers SA is looking for several writers to read their work at the Feast 2018 ‘Queers Underground’ event on the 22nd of November.

Details here: https://www.feast.org.au/events/queers-underground/

If you’re interested, please send a short sample of your work and a bio or list of relevant experience to matthew@writerssa.org.au ASAP.

This is limited to writers under 30 years of age.

An interesting opportunity to maybe get on SBS TV … see the info on the flyer below.

For more details and applications, go to: http://www.heesomcasting.com/sbscastingcall

Applications close Friday 28th September 2018