In Glebe – WordinHand @ the FriendinHand

1st prize for the National Winner: A WRITER'S TOUR OF ASIA WORTH $11,000

WordinHand's Heat of the Australian Poetry Slam
Date: Tuesday 2nd November (First Tuesdays except January)
Time: 7:30 for 8:00 PM.
Venue: The Friend in Hand Hotel
Address: 58 Cowper Street Glebe
Tel. (02) 9660 2326.
Entry by donation: $10/$5.
Slam Prize: $50.

ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM
The search is on for Australia’s next SLAM champion!
On Tuesday November 2nd, members of the audience will choose two finalists to represent WordinHand @ The Friend in Hand in the NSW State Final on Friday November 19th at the Sydney Theatre Company!

Write A Revolution
Australian Poetry SLAM 2010
Glebe Heat –1st prize $100.00, 2nd Prize – Bottle of Poet’s Corner Wine

Your host for the evening… MILES MERRILL
(Internationally acclaimed Spoken-Word Artist and founder of the Australian SLAM.)

Musical interludes by John "Mad-Axe" Maddox
(Peppermint Tea, Gauche, Mr Bamboo)

1st prize for the National Winner: A WRITER'S TOUR OF ASIA WORTH $11,000

You're in the spotlight for two minutes. No props. No music. Just you...and your story.

Writers are invited to speak, scream, howl, whisper even sing their original poems, Stories, Lyrics and Monologues in the Australian Poetry SLAM 2010. This ain't no straight poetry reading. The SLAM is more like a literary campfire gathering where writers share with verbal voodoo, breathless rhythms and sweat-breaking nerves.

SLAM heats are running in city and regional venues across Australia until mid-November 2010.

Two winners from every state final will then take on the mightiest, tightest spoken-word artists from every corner of Australia in the National SLAM Final on the Main Stage of the Sydney Theatre Company on Sunday December 5 th 2010.

Winner:The Australian Poetry SLAM Champion tours to the Ubud Writer and Readers Festival in Bali and tours around China with the Beijing Bookworm International Literary Festival

The Australian Poetry Slam 2010 is sponsored by the Sydney Theatre Company, The Copyright Agency Limited and Word Travels.

MORE INFO: See australianpoetryslam.com for more details including the Slam Rules.

Event: WordinHand is Sydney’s premier regular and enduring poetry / spoken word event, providing open mike opportunities for voices directly from the Sydney community plus a high-energy poetry slam every month in addition to a featured poet or two.

Next Month - Tuesday December 7th
WordinHand's end-of-year All Open Mike Night. If you would like 10 minutes on the stage that evening please let me know. Pre-bookings are limited as the evening encourages substantial, unscripted and spontaneous contributions from the audience.

Check it out at the new and improved site, on the WordinHand Events Calendar.