Australian Poetry Slam

Founded in 2005, Australian Poetry Slam is a non-profit organisation based in Sydney, Australia working on arts & culture, education.

Australian Poetry Slam is a not-for-profit spoken word program run by Word Travels, a Sydney-based literary arts organisation. It began in 2005 and stages poetry slams, workshops, training and performances for new, emerging and established writers, with a focus on young people, First Nations, culturally and linguistically diverse, and regional communities. Its events run across Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region, including China, Indonesia and New Zealand. The programme's National Final is held at Sydney Opera House, and it funds payments to performing artists through donations and ticket sales.