Presented by Addison Road Community Organisation for Youth Week 2021, Word on the Street is a series of workshops followed by a SLAM, presented by experienced writers and performers from across Sydney.

Young people aged 12-24 are invited to join one - or all three! - of the workshops, and all participants are invited to present work developed in the workshops at the open mic SLAM event on Friday the 16th April, 6pm.

The ALL-AGES SLAM on Friday 16th will be hosted by poet and music biographer Mark Mordue, with the best young performer being judged by Sara Saleh from Bankstown Poetry Slam. A generous book voucher from Newtown booksellers Better Read Than Dead is the prize, and funds raised at the SLAM will be shared with Twenty10s youth support service.

Workshops are $20 per person or free if referred by a youth service. Slam participation and attendance is free.

The workshop presenters are:

Tuesday: Ifeoma Obeigbu - winner of the 2018 Poetry Slam program Real Talk

Wednesday: Kween G - Inner West hip hop icon, activist and arts organiser

Thursday: Mel Ree - dancer, poet and actor from Australian Poetry Slam