Australian Poetry Slam is a live literary performance competition where the audience is the judge.
The participants are selected from state finalists, and the winner becomes the Australian Poetry Slam Champion. The Champion completes an international tour, includes festivals such as Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Singapore Writers Festival and Hong Kong International Literary Festival.
'Melanie Mununggurr-Williams, from Darwin, has been crowned the Australian Poetry Slam champion, after she dropped her slam on Aboriginal identity at the Sydney Opera House.'
