Enough Said Poetry Slam is a stage for spoken word, where poets new and experienced can get up on stage and share their words with a captive audience.

Our monthly event brings together lovers of poetry to share, click, listen, and compete for prizes, as well as some of the biggest names in poetry in Australia and overseas to perform for our audience.

Come along for a fun, relaxed evening where you can get as involved as much as you're comfortable with – as a poet, judge or enthusiastic audience member – and support local wordsmiths on the mic.

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FEATURE POET: Ela Pinar
SUPPORT FEATURE: Caitlin Bonser-Shade

6:30pm - DOORS OPEN + SLAM SIGN-UP
7:00pm - POETRY BEGINS

ENTRY

$10 - standard
$5 - unwaged/student/concession
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POETRY SLAM RULES

Sign up at the door when you arrive if you'd like to perform. Everyone is welcome, from bedroom poets to experienced performers.

Three-minute time limit, no props, music or costumes, jump up on stage with a mic and share your original poem with a live and engaged audience. Rapping counts as poetry and some singing is allowed, but not for the majority or all of the poem.

Random people from the audience become the judges, and the highest-scoring poet wins! 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes to be awarded!

But remember: The points are not the point, the point is poetry!

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VENUE

Side Door Theatre is on Crown St in Wollongong. It has a small door that can be found directly across the road from the Atchison St entry to Spotlight. It's a four-minute walk from Wollongong Train Station and a two-minute walk from the nearest free bus stop. Free parking can be found on surrounding streets, starting with Atchison St, or there is paid parking nearby in the mall.

Side Door Theatre is a licensed venue, there will be drinks and snacks available for sale, please do not bring in outside alcohol. There are a number of toilets inside the venue.

Entry to the venue is down four steps from the front door and is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. Please reach out to us if you have access needs and you'd like to discuss entry into the venue.

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MEET THE FEATURES:

FEATURE ACT

Ela Pınar is a writer and poet from Sydney. She is the author of It's a Sign (2025) available at Guest House Publishing. It's a Sign has been highly commended in the Multicultural NSW Award category of the NSW Literary Awards 2026. She has featured at the Bankstown Poetry Slam (2024), and is the National Youth Poetry Slam Champion (2023).

SUPPORT FEATURE

Caitlin Bonser-Shade is a poet from the South Coast whose work explores mental health and identity. Her debut collection This Is Not Control explores life with OCD.

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We acknowledge our events take place on the land of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation and pay our respects.

Enough Said Poetry Slam is supported by the South Coast Writers Centre.