12-year-old wins Australian Poetry Slam youth prize with anti-ChatGPT poem
TobyWalsh · x · 2026-10-27
Twelve-year-old Blake Mackenzie won the 2026 Australian Poetry Slam youth prize at the Sydney Opera House with a 90-second poem, "Dear ChatGPT," on loneliness, brain rot and environmental degradation in the AI age—written just one day before the final. He shares a $20,000 prize package with adult winner Bivor.
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