Poets run this!
The Australian Poetry Slam (APS) is giving the bullhorn back to the bards. The word nerds. The oral storytellers. The quiet thoughtful ones. The romantics. A poetry slam is a place for all voices. Join the nation-wide search for the people’s poet. It’s APS 2025 – The Election Special.
Local poets get two minutes to wow with their ideas in a form of spell casting called Slamming Poetry. They electrify your imagination. Then the audience sends two of these writers to represent 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲-𝐖𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐚 in the State Final with nothing but the mic, words and deep exhales of honesty. Who will make it to the National Final at the Sydney Opera House? You decide!
Elect a Poet – A National Slambassador for 2025 who will win a prize worth $20,000, including publication and a tour of Australasia, sharing their creative thoughts and inspiring people everywhere to speak their own poetry.
Poets get your guts ready. Here, wrap your fingers around this mic.
Poets of all experience levels are invited to enter and must perform in their residing state or territory and nearest heat. Read the full APS 2025 rules and learn more about the event 👉
https://wod.city/APSheat
Doors open/poet sign-up at 6.30pm
Slam starts at 7pm
Want to get inspired with a spoken word workshop led by a professional slam poet before this event? Check out the Slam Workshop 👉
https://wod.city/WAM25workshop
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔: 𝑀𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛. 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑/𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑠.
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𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐬
John Englezos is a spoken word poet, Tedx speaker coach and Melbourne’s 2015 Poetry Slam Champion. John was on the first Australian team represented at the National Poetry Slam in Denver, Colorado in 2017.
Running reflective and creative workshops in schools, local councils and mental health support groups, John advocates for creativity to nurture one’s own wellbeing, and to foster deeper community connection. His work has been described as “Pixar in poetry” with his creative work and book If The World Were Upside Down centering around notions of hope, identity and wonder.
John is also an uncle to six amazing kids, and an honorary brother to many.
𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲:
The Australian Government through Creative Australia, and the NSW Government through Create NSW. Also supported by Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Mumbai LitFest, Singapore Writers Festival and Byron Writers Festival.
Presented by Word Travels, Hyphen Wodonga and Write Around the Murray.
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