Australian Poetry Slam
Congratulations to Queensland Slam Champion, Mark Lowndes from Mansfield; and State Runner-Up, Anau Malifa from Redbank Plains.
Mark and Anau battled it out against Queensland’s hottest slam poets to take out the State Title on Friday 7 October.
Now the Queensland heats are over, our crowded champions are perfecting their prose, getting ready for the National Finals in Sydney later this year.
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! Read the Rules!
Watch slam in action
Brisbane slam heat 2010 - Nick Grivas (Runner Up) and Doubting Thomas (Heat Winner).
More information
- Phone: +61 7 3840 7424
- publicprograms@slq.qld.gov.au
