2021
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2020
Emer Lyons is a lesbian writer from West Cork currently living in Dunedin in the last weeks of a creative/critical PhD on shame in lesbian poetry. Her critical and creative work has been published worldwide in The Stinging Fly, Poetry Ireland Review, Into the Void, The Cardiff Review, and takahē. She has been shortlisted for the Bridport poetry prize, longlisted for the Fish poetry prize, and Munster Literature Centre's Fool for Poetry chapbook competition. Her play The Green was nominated for the 2019 Dunedin Theatre Awards.
2019
Nathan Joe ​is a Chinese-Kiwi playwright, performance poet and critic based in Ōtautahi. His work largely focuses on the slipperiness of identity and the politics of desire. 

Nathan was the inaugural writer in residence for the NZ Young Writers Festival in 2019, the Ursula Bethell writer in residence at The University of Canterbury in 2020, and a Michael King Writer Centre resident in 2021.

His latest play 'Scenes from a Yellow Peril' will be presented at the Auckland Arts Festival as a rehearsed reading in 2021. 

More information on his most recent work can be found at: nathanjoe.com
2018
​Nell O'Dwyer-Strang is an occasional poet ranting about anything and everything that ticks her off. She lives in Ōtepoti with a partner, a baby, three chihuahuas and a very tolerant cat.
2016
Christian Tucker is a spoken poet and musician resining in Dunedin, studying law and English at Otago University. Recently, Christian blended his love and passion for spoken word into music and songwriting, releasing his debut ep The Ugly in early 2020. He continues to perform both spoken word and music in many different venues and occasions around the area.
2014
Olivia Hall is a kiwi performance poet currently based in London, where she recently completed her masters in gender. Liv came third at the 2015 New Zealand Slam Championships and was named the 2019 Genesis Slam Champion in London. She is one half of How We Survive with Carrie Rudzinski, and they've toured their feminist spoken word show in NZ twice.
2013
Annelyse Gelman
2013
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Eliana Gray is a poet, youth worker and arts facillitator. They like queer subtext, collaborative writing and making sure people have a nice time. They have had words in: SPORT, Landfall, Poetry NZ, Mayhem, and others. Their debut collection, Eager to Break, was published by Girls On Key Press in 2019, and in 2020 they undertook residencies in both Finland and Ōtepoti. 

Spirit of the Slam Award

2021
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