Austin International Poetry Festival Sept. 27-30
Event: 20th anniversary Austin International Poetry Festival
Dates: Sept. 27-30, Thursday-Sunday
Visit: www.aipf.org
Email: aipfinput@gmail.com
Mailing Address:
PO Box 41224
Austin, TX 78704
Phone: 512-369-3960
The online registration begins April 1.
Last year:
Over 250 registered poets and poetry lovers met for four days of readings, workshops and open mics at the world's largest non-juried poetry festival April 7-10, 2011. Poets as far afield as Australia and as close to home as down the street celebrate the written and spoken word.
Schedule:
Thursday day is check-in time. All registrants check in, with published poets collecting their single free copies of the anthology. If they've asked for accommodations or registered to volunteer, the check-in for that is also at the front desk at Ruta Maya, which is festival headquarters. As many of the poets are either returning registrants or know each other, there's a lot of catching up to do. There's an open mic on the main stage until the show officially starts.
Thursday evening is when the opening events occur, which include music (provided this year by Erin Ivey), a somewhat catered dinner for registrants who paid for it, and the 'grand reading:' every published poet reads their poem from the anthology, usually in the order in which they appear in the book. It's fun watching poets, best described as cats in terms of self-organization, line up in groups to wait near, get on, and leave the stage.
Friday and Saturday are mixes: workshops and some open mics and readings during the day, and readings by invited poets and other published poets by evening. Some readings are focused (women, queer, instrumental). There's a slam event with separate compensation, and an all-night open mic.
Sunday is not a day to be missed. The winners are announced, the Youth Anthology and its winners are showcased and many poets take the opportunity to have breakfast at Ruta Maya before everything winds down late Sunday afternoon.
Dates: Sept. 27-30, Thursday-Sunday
Visit: www.aipf.org
Email: aipfinput@gmail.com
Mailing Address:
PO Box 41224
Austin, TX 78704
Phone: 512-369-3960
The online registration begins April 1.
Last year:
Over 250 registered poets and poetry lovers met for four days of readings, workshops and open mics at the world's largest non-juried poetry festival April 7-10, 2011. Poets as far afield as Australia and as close to home as down the street celebrate the written and spoken word.
Schedule:
Thursday day is check-in time. All registrants check in, with published poets collecting their single free copies of the anthology. If they've asked for accommodations or registered to volunteer, the check-in for that is also at the front desk at Ruta Maya, which is festival headquarters. As many of the poets are either returning registrants or know each other, there's a lot of catching up to do. There's an open mic on the main stage until the show officially starts.
Thursday evening is when the opening events occur, which include music (provided this year by Erin Ivey), a somewhat catered dinner for registrants who paid for it, and the 'grand reading:' every published poet reads their poem from the anthology, usually in the order in which they appear in the book. It's fun watching poets, best described as cats in terms of self-organization, line up in groups to wait near, get on, and leave the stage.
Friday and Saturday are mixes: workshops and some open mics and readings during the day, and readings by invited poets and other published poets by evening. Some readings are focused (women, queer, instrumental). There's a slam event with separate compensation, and an all-night open mic.
Sunday is not a day to be missed. The winners are announced, the Youth Anthology and its winners are showcased and many poets take the opportunity to have breakfast at Ruta Maya before everything winds down late Sunday afternoon.
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