Australian Poetry Festival
When? 3, 4, 5, September, 2010
Where? Sydney, NSW
What's it all about then? A biennial event celebrating poetry. The festival draws on poets from all over Australia and includes workshops, readings and panel sessions. Held to coincide with National Poetry Week.
Seventh Australian Poetry Festival
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.
Regional Poets in ResidenceIt 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.
Please email your ideas to brookemery@gmail.com Subject Line: ‘Festival Proposals’
Who’s appearing? 2010 TBA.
Where is it? TBA
When is it? Next event 2010, TBA
How much are tickets? Some Free events. Others TBA
Festival Website: http://www.poetsunion.com
Past Festivals?
