NATIONAL FINAL – AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM
WHERE: Sydney Opera House
COST: $45-$64
Doors 6.30pm | Start 7pm
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.
WELCOME TO COUNTRY: Michael West
HOST: Miles Merrill
SACRIFICIAL POET: Laurie May
FEATURING: Trevor Brown, K.J. Hayward, Rob Waters and the APS ‘24 National Finalists
With more artists and musos to be announced!
This Story Week Australian Poetry Slam event is presented by Word Travels.
APS 2024 artwork: 2023 Australian Poetry Slam Champions Rob Waters and K.J. Hayward – Photo Credit: Jacquie Manning. Design: Rachel Stone Designs. Concept: Miles Merrill and the Word Travels team.