Enough Said Poetry Slam is a slamily where you can share your poems/words/stories/etc, listen to other people share theirs, click for your faves and maybe even win a prize!

Our July Slam is Enough Said Poetry Slam's 12th Birthday! It's also the Wollongong Heat of the Australian Poetry Slam, with the two top-scoring poets going onto the NSW State Final later in the year.

Click here for the full list of rules for entering an APS Heat, including a two-minute time limit.

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FEATURE POET: Lucia De Luca
SUPPORT FEATURE: Labiba Abdellatif

6:30pm - DOORS OPEN + SLAM SIGN-UP
7:00pm - POETRY BEGINS

ENTRY

$10 - standard
$5 - unwaged/student/concession

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VENUE

Entry to The Forge is down a short driveway between Gwynneville Bakery and The Asian Takeaway on Gipps Road. It's a two-minute walk from the nearest free bus stop, a less than fifteen minute walk from North Wollongong train station, and there's plenty of free parking on the surrounding streets.

There is unfortunately no disabled access toilet available at the venue (there is a portaloo), however the venue is wheelchair accessible.

BYO drinks and food are welcome, takeaway is available from surrounding restaurants.

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POETRY SLAM RULES

Sign up at the door when you arrive if you'd like to perform. Everyone is welcome, from bedroom poets to experienced performers.

Two-minute time limit, no props or costumes, jump up on stage with a mic and share your original poems, stories, raps, rants and monologues with a live and engaged audience.

Random people from the audience become the judges, and the highest-scoring poet wins! 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes to be awarded!

But remember: The points are not the point, the point is poetry!

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FEATURED POET

As an English teacher and spoken word poet, Lucia (Lu-CHEE-a) De Luca plays with stories in the classroom and at the mic. She is a community and self-taught narrative poet whose work cradles tales of her past self, family, Italian heritage, chronic illness, and love. Lucia is a recipient of the 2022 QWF Spoken Word Prize, a two-time Canadian Individual Poetry Slam finalist, and a member of the 2023 Throw Poetry Collective slam team. In June 2023, she performed at the 1st Accenti Magazine International Festival of the Arts in Italy.

SUPPORT FEATURE

Labiba Abdellatif is a proud muslim, Egyptian Australian living on Dharawal Land. She currently studies psychology and education and sometimes spends her weekend screaming in the streets against genocide. Her poetry reflects on the internal/external struggles of racial/religious minority and she hopes to be a vessel to spread the beauty of faith.

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We acknowledge our events take place on the land of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation and pay our respects.

Enough Said Poetry Slam is supported by the South Coast Writers Centre and The Dire Theatre Company.