Start: 7pm
(local times)

Contact details, tickets and more information here.  

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
FEATURING: APS 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 Australian Poetry Slam event is presented by Word Travels and State Library of New South Wales.

The Library Auditorium & Glasshouse, State Library of New South Wales – 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW 2000