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2019 Australian Poetry Slam: Victorian winner & runner-up
See the winning performances of the champion and runner-up of the 2019 Victorian final of Australian Poetry Slam.
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See the winning performances of the champion and runner-up of the 2019 Victorian final of Australian Poetry Slam.
Watch the rousing spoken-word performances that won first and second place in the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian state finals!
Watch the impassioned spoken-word performances that won first and second place in the 2017 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian state finals!
Watch the winning poems by Arielle Cottingham and William Beale, contestants in the 2016 Australian Poetry Slam state finals.
See spoken word poets Abe Nouk and Ed Carlyon in action at the 2015 Australian Poetry Slam Victorian final.
Watch contestant Brendan Reed Dennis perform his winning poem, 'Peter Piper', in the Victorian final of the 2014 Poetry Slam.
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