NSW STATE FINAL – AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM

WHERE: The Library Auditorium & Glasshouse – State Library of NSW
COST: $18-$30
Doors 6.30pm | Start 7pm

You are invited to listen to your neighbours. Watch them rip open their notebooks, light up their phone notes or spit verbs from memory; flying their poetic thoughts into a live mic.

Australian Poetry Slam 2024 (APS ’24) travelled all over NSW to unearth the best spoken word artists from country towns to metro centres. We staged heats from Byron to Albury and everywhere in between.

Now it’s up to you to cheer, snap and hold up scorecards in this state-wide celebration of wordsmiths. Each writer gets two minutes to wow you with their literary wizardry.

Judges, chosen from the crowd, will send two poets to represent NSW at Sydney Opera House on 13 October at the APS ‘24 National Final.

Come along, click, shout and elect your 2024 NSW Poetry Slam Champions.

HOST: DEFNE
FEATURING: APS ‘24 NSW State Finalists

With more artists and musos to be announced!

This Story Week Australian Poetry Slam event is presented by Word Travels and State Library of NSW.

APS 2023 artwork: 2023 Australian Poetry Slam Champions Rob Waters and K.J. Hayward – Photo Credits: Jacquie Manning. Design: Rachel Stone Designs. Concept: Miles Merrill and the Word Travels team.