Spoken Word SA

Saturday 31 August 2024
Doors open for sign-up at 6:30pm.
Slam starts at 7:00pm

Campbelltown Library
171 Montacute Rd, Newton SA 5074

$10 to compete or join the audience.
Click here to book at trybooking.

This is the final SA heat for the 2024 Australian Poetry Slam, you last chance to compete for a spot in the SA State Final for an opportunity to perform in the National Final at the Sydney Opera House with a prize worth $20,000, including publication and gigs from Byron to Bali and beyond…!!

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South Australian Heat 3 of the 2024 Australian Poetry Slam served up another round of diverse, entertaining and challenging work with yet more close scores from the judges. Congratulations to winner Avalanche and runner-up John Legg who are off to the SA State Final at Goodwood Theatre on 21st September.

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Friday 23 August 2024
Doors open for sign-up at 6:30pm.
Slam starts at 7:00pm

Woodcroft Library
175 Bains Rd, Morphett Vale, SA 5162

$10 to compete or join the audience.
Click here to book at trybooking.

We write revolutions!  Over 1000 writers release wild words on audiences across Australia. Poets break free from their notebook cages landing on a stage near you. Australian Poetry Slam 2024 (APS ’24) invites you to cheer, snap, hold-up scorecards in this nation-wide celebration of spoken-wordsmiths. APS ’24 is about unleashing your thoughts; launching mini-revolutions, like a chorus of kingfishers on a mission. Writers … ... Read more ...

SA Heat 2 of the 2024 Australian Poetry Slam served up another powerhouse set of poetry performances at the Port Adelaide Library! Congratulations to winner Susan Brame and runner-up Zoe Koulakis who both will be heading off to the State Final at Goodwood Theatre on 21st September.

Special thanks to guest poet Cayley … ... Read more ...

Thursday 15 August 2024
Doors open for sign-up at 6:30pm.
Slam starts at 7:00pm

Jive
181 Hindley Street, Adelaide, SA 5000.

$10 to compete or join the audience.
Click here to book at trybooking.

We write revolutions!  Over 1000 writers release wild words on audiences across Australia. Poets break free from their notebook cages landing on a stage near you. Australian Poetry Slam 2024 (APS ’24) invites you to cheer, snap, hold-up scorecards in this nation-wide celebration of spoken-wordsmiths. APS ’24 is about unleashing your thoughts; launching mini-revolutions, like a chorus of kingfishers on a mission. Writers let fly. … ... Read more ...

The SA Heats of the 2024 Australian Poetry Slam began in top form with Heat 1 at the State Library of South Australia. With 17 competitors, the large audience was treated to a fabulous and diverse display of quality spoken word poetry. The … ... Read more ...

Saturday 10 August 2024
Doors open for sign-up at 6:30pm.
Slam starts at 7:00pm

Port Adelaide Library
2-4 Church Street, Port Adelaide, SA 5015.

$10 to compete or join the audience.
Click here to book at trybooking.

We write revolutions!  Over 1000 writers release wild words on audiences across Australia. Poets break free from their notebook cages landing on a stage near you. Australian Poetry Slam 2024 (APS ’24) invites you to cheer, snap, hold-up scorecards in this nation-wide celebration of spoken-wordsmiths. APS ’24 is about unleashing your thoughts; launching mini-revolutions, like a chorus of kingfishers on a mission. … ... Read more ...

Thom Sullivan is a writer, editor and reviewer of poetry. His debut book of poems, Carte Blanche (Vagabond Press), won the Noel Rowe Poetry Award and the Mary Gilmore Award for the best first book of poems published in Australia in 2019. His poems have been published in Australian Book Review, Australian Love Poems, Australian Poetry Anthology and The Best Australian Poems.

We’re all very keen to hear Thom’s words at the microphone in his heat one feature set. We’re also excited for the competition!

SA Heat 1
Saturday 3 August 2024
State Library of South Australia
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