of heats in which young poets are encouraged to practice as well as workshops allowing them to develop their skills. The winner of Australian Poetry Slam Youth typically gains the opportunity to perform at that year's Australian Poetry Slam National Final. The rules for Australian Poetry Slam Youth are similar to those of the Australian Poetry Slam. Multilingual Poetry Slam The Multilingual Poetry Slam is created and run annually by Word Travels as part of the IN OTHER WORDS festival, with the first event held in 2013. It is a poetry slam held in Sydney that encourages poets to perform in their native language, whatever that may be as all languages are accepted. Through this practice Word Travels aims to celebrate the diversity of language and culture. The 2018 Multilingual Champion was Joseph Schwarzkopf. In 2017 Hasitha Adhikariarachchi was the Mulitlingual Poetry Slam Champion. The 2016 Multilingual Champion was Bhupen Thakkar. References Australian Poetry Slam. (2018). Australian Poetry Slam. [online] Available at: http://www.australianpoetryslam.com/ Word Travels. (2018). Word Travels Home. [online] Available at: http://www.wordtravels.info/ Khan, Z. and Daly, J. (2018). In Conversation with Miles Merrill: Chicagoan, Performing Writer and Creative Director of Word Travels – Tharunka. [online] Tharunka.arc.unsw.edu.au. Available at: http://tharunka.arc.unsw.edu.au/conversation-miles-merrill-chicagoan-performing-writer-creative-director-word-travels/ Solli Raphael - TEDxSydney. https://tedxsydney.com/contributor/solli-raphael Miles Merill - TEDxSydney. https://tedxsydney.com/contributor/miles-merrill/ Dapin Mark (2015) Lunch with Zohab Zee Khan Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/lunch-with-zohab-zee-khan-20151007-gk3c34.html YouTube. (2018). Australian Poetry Slam. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/AustralianPoetrySlam Artshub.com.au. (2018). Industry profile|Word Travels|136063|ArtsHub Australia. [online] Available at: https://www.artshub.com.au/member-profiles/industry/new-south-wales/publishing-and-writing/word-travels-136063 Bundanon Trust (2016) https://bundanon.com.au/residents/arielle-cottingham/ Zohab Zee Khan (2018) https://www.zohabzee.com/ The Herald – Jesse John Brand, poetry slam champ (2014) https://www.theherald.com.au/story/2488977/jesse-john-brand-poetry-slam-champ/ Linked in – CJ Bowerbird (2018) https://au.linkedin.com/company/cj-bowerbird Concrete Playground – Story-Fest 2017 (2017) https://concreteplayground.com/sydney/event/story-fest-2017-1/ SBS – Australia's Multilingual Poetry Slam Celebrates Diversity (2016) https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-s-multilingual-poetry-slam-celebrates-diversity 2005 establishments in Australia Recurring events established in 2005 Poetry slams Annual events in Australia