National Youth Poetry Slam ft. Genesis Owusu

Join Us At The Poetry Event Of The Year

Bankstown Poetry Slam proudly presents the fourth annual National Youth Poetry Slam featuring Genesis Owusu! NYPS is a one-night-only nationwide competition to find Australia's boldest and most urgent voices. Twenty fearless young poets from across Australia will reclaim the narrative with raw honesty, fierce imagination and stories drawn from the frontline of what it means to grow up in this moment.

These poets are not waiting to be heard. They are shaping the story now. From cultural identity to climate anxiety, from love to liberation, this stage becomes a battleground for perspectives that matter. One of them will walk away with the NYPS crown and $1,500, yet every voice here rings with the sound of Australia's future.

Show up. Listen closely. Leave changed for the better.

The National Youth Poetry Slam is proudly presented in partnership with State Library of NSW and supported by Multicultural NSW and Sydney Writers' Festival.

ABOUT OUR FEATURE:
Ghanaian-Australian musician Genesis Owusu has become one of the nation’s most acclaimed young artists and is a multiple ARIA-award-winning singer-songwriter. 

After breaking through with his double-A-sided 2019 single “WUTD” / “Vultures”, Owusu exploded onto the national scene with 2021’s Smiling With No Teeth, an unflinching debut that broke the mould of local hip-hop, won the prestigious Australian Music Prize, and collected the ARIA Album of the Year award. His follow-up, 2023’s Struggler, confirmed Owusu’s unparalleled talent, winning him a second ARIA Album of the Year award.

ABOUT BPS:

Bankstown Poetry Slam hosts Australia’s largest live poetry events. Since 2013, BPS has been giving a platform to diverse artists and sharing the power of poetry via a number of award-winning programs and events.