NSW STATE FINAL – AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM
WHERE: The Library Auditorium & Glasshouse, State Library of New South Wales
COST: $18-$37
Doors 6.30 pm | Start 7 pm
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 2025 (APS ’25) 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 the following week on 26 October at the APS ‘25 National Final.
Come along, click, shout and elect your 2025 NSW Poetry Slam Champions.
HOST: DEFNE
FEATURES: Australian Poetry Slam 2025 NSW Finalists
Content Warning: Most Poetry Slams are all ages and some content may not be suitable for children. Performances may include strong language and / or adult themes.
Event times local time.
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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. Also supported by State Library of NSW, Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Mumbai LitFest, Singapore Writers Festival and Byron Writers Festival.
APS 2025 artwork features performing writer DEFNE– Photo Credit: Ali Al Haj Bankstown Poetry Slam. Design: Rachel Stone Designs. Concept: Miles Merrill and the Word Travels team.
