Fourteen of Victoria's best poets perform their poems at the state final of the Australian Poetry Slam. Cheered on by a live audience, Nour Abouzeid took out first place with Tariro Movondo the runner-up.
Other poets in the state final were:
- Ezra Bix
- Nathan Curnow
- Lauren Dunningham
- Geoffrey Graham
- Luka Haralampou
- Dominic Hoey
- Joel McKerrow
- Benjamin Theolonius Sanders
- Meena Shamaly
- Michael Siketa
- Andrea Louise Thomas
- Sam Van Zweden
