When
Friday, December 6 @ 7:00pm
Where
Collingwood Town Hall
140 Hoddle Street
Abbotsford
Price
$15/12/0
Has an Open Mic?
No
Registration Information
Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/BGJIK
The 2019 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize is its fifth annual prize night presented by Melbourne Spoken Word. This year supported by Yarra Libraries at Collingwood Town Hall.
The prize is a celebration of the spoken word scene in Melbourne as a whole, the vast array of spoken word and poetry events around our city and the poets that breathe life into our scene.
Twenty-five poets, nominated by event conveners around Melbourne and Victoria, will showcase a poem on the night, and a panel of 7 judges, leaders in our spoken word community, will award one poet The Melbourne Spoken Word Prize, worth $1,000. The audience will also vote for The People’s Choice worth $200 and the most nominated poet will be awarded The Convener’s Choice worth $200.
This is the Oscar’s of Melbourne poetry so feel free to dress up, and book your tickets quickly as this event does sell out. Yarra Libraries has also generously funded a portion of free or pay as you feel tickets for the community (for those with health care cards, concession, senior or student cards).
This year’s judges are Michael Reynolds, Tariro Mavondo, Hamish Danks Brown, Amanda Anastasi, Eleanor Jackson, Quinn Eades and Fleassy Malay.
The final list of finalists for The 2019 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize are:
1. Jasmine Cenci
2. Yoram Symons
3. Maja Puseljic
4. Christine Burrows
5. John McKelvie
6. Ren Alessandra
7. Christopher James White
8. Megan J. Riedl
9. Yvette Stubbs
10. Loran Steinberg
11. Nikki Viveca
12. Josh Cake
13. Daymon Greulich
14. Ania Walwicz
15. Sean Whelan
16. James AO
17. Argyrios Dikeos
18. Panda Wong
19. Declan McDonald
20. Morgaine Van Wingerden
21. Thabani Tshuma
22. Linh Tran
23. Wahibe Moussa
24. Jeltje Fanoy
25. Andrew Rogerson
And the 5 reserve poets are:
1. Debra Ralph
2. Amy Bodossian
3. Hal Simons
4. Koraly Dimitriadis
5. Nolan Tyrrell
Accessibility: Collingwood Town Hall is a fully wheelchair accessible venue. AUSLAN interpreters can be provided on request. If you have accessibility questions or requirements, please contact us at [email protected] or on 1300 695 427.
For further information on the rules and process for The 2019 Melbourne Spoken Word Prize please see https://melbournespokenword.com/mswprize/