NT Poetry Slam On the Road 2026

24 June 2026

Are you the next NT Poetry Slam Champion? We’re on a mission to find the Top End and Central Champions that will go on to represent the NT at the Australia Poetry Slam this year!

This year we’ll be running workshops and heats with slam champ Huda the Goddess in Tennant Creek and Katherine, with the top scoring two from each travelling to the Darwin or Alice Springs heat and final held on the same night.

You’ve got 2 minutes to make that mic your own! Please see all the rules here.

Sign ups on the night – get rehearsing and we’ll see you there!

Tennant Creek

All-Ages Workshop
16 July • 5:30-7:30pm
@ Nyinkka Nyunyu Art & Culture Centre

Barkly Poetry Slam
17 July • 6-8pm
@ Tennant Creek RSL

Katherine

Workshop
19 July • 1-3pm
@ Katherine Regional Arts

Katherine Poetry Slam
19 July • 6-8pm
@ Katherine Regional Arts

Darwin & Palmerston

All-Ages workshop
20 July • 5-7pm
@ Darwin Community Arts

School-aged workshop
23 July • 3-4:30pm
@ Palmsterston Library

Darwin Slam (Darwin Fringe!)
23 July • 5:15pm Doors/sign up • 5:45pm start
 @ Brown’s Mart Courtyard

Alice Springs (Red Dirt Poetry Festival!)

Workshop
21 August

Mparntwe Slam
23 August
@ Gap View Hotel