The Poets Union invites members to submit a proposal for a poetry event to be included in the umbrella program of the festival. Events can be held anywhere in Australia but preference will be given to regional events. This is a chance to be part of a national festival, to promote poetry in your region, to receive some funding for your event, and to access the email and website listings of the festival program as a way of publicising it.

It is planned to award three ‘scholarships’ to regional NSW poets to attend the festival on the basis of a short manuscript and a statement about what the poet would get out of attending the festival and what he/she would take back to the region as a result.

It is proposed that the scholarship will include assistance with fares and accommodation, free entry to all festival events, manuscript assessment and some workshopping.