Australian Poetry Slam - Southern Highlands Heat

Have you ever wanted to change the world with your words? You are invited to rip those scrawled leaves of passion from your notebook and ignite them on stage. 

Every year, since 2007, Word Travels runs Australian Poetry Slam (APS) heats in over 60 locations across the Asia-Pacific. APS is the cupped hand amplifying the shouts of over 2000 new and emerging writers annually.

Share your words for two minutes on the mic. By throwing your ideas into the slam-storm, you could be chosen as the 2026 Australian Poetry Slam-bassador and offered an international writers’ festival tour worth about $20K.

Use your poems to spark new dreams, clear out cobweb memes or offer listeners a sturdy eucalypt branch with a better view. This is your call.

Get up. Gather at your local slam. Share with your community.

Jump on the mic or listen, cheer and hold-up scorecards as part of the audience in this international celebration of spoken-wordsmiths. Electrify us. Show the world how POETS RUN THIS!

This APS Heat audience will send two writers to represent the Southern Highlands in a performance at the NSW Final. The top 16 in the country make it to the National Final at Sydney Opera House on the 25th October.

 

The night will be hosted by Hani Abdile from Word Travels.

Hani Abdile is a Somali-born spoken-word artist and cultural activist whose words resonate with raw emotion and social consciousness. 

Doors open/poets sign-up from: 6:30pm
Slam starts at: 7:00pm

 

When

Location

Bowral Memorial Hall, 16-24 Bendooley Street, 2576, View Map