Australian Poetry Slam '13
The Australian Poetry Slam returns bigger and bolder for 2013!
The search is on for Queensland’s best spoken word poet. Speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing your original poem at the Queensland Poetry Slam heats – electric live events where the audience is the judge!
Australian Poetry Slam '13 has kicked off and heats and workshops are currently taking place around the state. Check out the program for all of the event listings, and book into a heat or workshop near you!
How does slam work?
Heat contestants are given a microphone, a live audience and just two minutes to impress the judges (selected at random at each heat) with their original spoken word, poetry, hip hop, monologues and stories.
Five judges are picked randomly by the MC from the audience. After each performance, judges hold up score cards using a 1- 10 scale, with 10 being the highest. Of the five scores for each poet, only the middle three scores are counted. The judges' decision is final!
Watch slam in action
Watch Jo Sri, Queensland's 2012 Australian Poetry Slam State Champion performing his winning slam at the Queensland finals.
You can watch more Slam performances here.
More information
- Phone: +61 7 3840 7768
- learningparticipation@slq.qld.gov.au
