I'm Sarah Temporal from poets out loud
and today we're in the studio filming
for our youth poetry slam
so a poetry slam is all about your story
in your words and your voice and it's
usually a live spoken word competition
in front of an audience but this time
we're doing things a little bit
differently
so we've got free mentoring for everyone
that signs up
with our professional poet mentors and
we'll guide you through creating a
spoken word piece
about something that matters to you
you'll come in here to the studio
get filmed get recorded send it into
poets out loud
and then tune in to the online youth
poetry slam on the 1st of november where
we'll announce the winners
now you can enter on your own or with a
group of friends
the first prize is $400 cash a trophy
a paid performance opportunity and
publication of your winning poem
if you're aged between 12 and 24 in the
northern rivers
and you've got something to say you
should give it a go
register your interest now at
poetsoutloud.org/youth
speak up. have fun.
take your shot.
