We write revolutions! Over 1000 writers release wild words on audiences across Australia. Poets break free from their notebook cages landing on a stage near you.

Doors open/poet sign-up at: 1.30pm

Slam starts at: 2pm

Australian Poetry Slam 2024 (APS ’24) invites you to cheer, snap, hold-up scorecards in this nation-wide celebration of spoken-wordsmiths.

APS ’24 is about unleashing your thoughts; launching mini-revolutions, like a chorus of kingfishers on a mission.

Writers let fly. Alight upon the mic for two minutes. Shout, call out, even softly warble your fresh lit.

Crowds will flock with cheers and hoots. Judges, chosen from the audience, will send two poetic messengers to represent Moorabool in the Victoria State Final!

Poetry Slams and wordshops drop from July to October, converging on the National Final at Sydney Opera House on Oct 13th .

Are you the next APS Champion? Win a prize worth $20,000, including publication and gigs from Byron to Bali and beyond.

Poets must perform in their residing state or territory. Full APS ‘24 rules here: www.australianpoetryslam.com/rules

Hosted by Wren Rapture (Ren Alessandra)

Wren Rapture (Ren Alessandra) is an Italo-Australian, award-winning poet, celebrant and educator. With a Masters of Teaching and twelve years industry experience, Wren facilitates storytelling spaces through Wordcraft, a collective for all ages to celebrate their stories in safe and inclusive environments. Since winning the 2020 Australian Poetry Slam Championship, she has gone on to be commissioned by organisations worldwide. Most recently she was published by the State Library of Victoria as a part of the (In)Visible Libraries initiative bringing poetry to braille readers for the first time. She also judged the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry in 2022 among many others. Performing at festivals, schools and in community, Wren advocates for the medicine of storytelling at every turn. She has just launched her debut collection, Blueprint Body.

Don’t want to wing it? Drop into: Moorabool Slam Wordshop

Supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, Create NSW, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Byron Writers Festival and Singapore Writers Festival. In partnership with Wordcraft, a spoken word collective.

Sponsored by Moorabool Writers Craft.

WATCH THE HEAT HERE LIVE - Please note the Moorabool Heat will screen in Microsoft Teams.