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Australian Poetry Slam ’24 National Final

13 October 2024

In the Playhouse

Theatre

Over 1000 writers unleash wild words on audiences across Australia. They break free from their notebook cages landing on the Sydney Opera House stage for a finale.

Slams give people affirmation and adrenalin in ways they won’t get from just opening a book.

Jane Sullivan, Sydney Morning Herald

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Cheer Australia’s top sixteen poets slamming powerful verse

Poets write revolutions! 

Australian Poetry Slam 2024 (APS ’24) invites you to cheer, snap and hold up scorecards in this nation-wide celebration of spoken-wordsmiths. The country’s top sixteen slam poets wield phrases to flick your heart open and inspire you to laugh through tough topics. APS ’24 unleashes wild thoughts, launching mini-revolutions; like a chorus of kingfishers on a mission. Writers let fly and alight upon the mic for two minutes. They shout, call out, even warble fresh lit.

Crowds flock with roars and ovations. Judges, chosen from the audience, elect the APS ’24 Champion.

One poet wins an international tour to Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Singapore Writers Festival, The MumbaiLit Fest and more. It’s a career-making package worth over $20K. 

Presented by Word Travels as part of Story Week 2024

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