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Houston Poetry Fest 2018
Houston's oldest poetry festival, celebrating it's 33rd Anniversary!
HOUSTON POETRY FEST 2018
October 12, 13 & 14, 2018
Welcome Center
of the University of Houston – Downtown,
3rd Floor, Girard St. Bldg, 201 Girard Street
in downtown Houston, Texas
"Once a year, in October,
Poets and lovers of poetry
Gather together at UH-
To celebrate the art of poetry and those who create it."
Admission to all the readings listed is
free and open to the public.
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See the Submissions Guidelines page
Submissions opened Feb 17 and will close on May 31, 2018.
"Juried Poets" will be selected by the "blind jury" method – the judges are shown only the submissions of each submitting poet's work without seeing their names. Each year, the Juried Poet(s) receiving the highest score from the judges is/are invited back the following year to be Featured Poet(s).
Sponsored by Houston Poetry Fest, a 501(c)(3) non-
This page was last updated July 20, 2018
THE LORENE POUNCEY MEMORIAL AWARD All women poets submitting entries to Houston Poetry Fest 2017 will automatically be considered for a cash prize established by Sandi Glorfield in honor of the late Lorene Pouncey, who passed away December 4, 2011. Lorene Pouncey, one of the founders of Houston Poetry Fest in 1985, was a life- |
THE LUCILLE JOHNSON CLARK MEMORIAL AWARD All Juried Poets who are K- |