Houston Poetry Fest 2010

Houston's oldest poetry festival, celebrating it's 25th Anniversary!

HOUSTON POETRY FEST 2010

October 7, 8, 9, & 10

at

Willow Street Pump Station

of the University of Houston – Downtown,

811 North San Jacinto

in downtown Houston, Texas

* A Poetry “Out of Bounds” Reading will happen Oct 2.  

See the schedule page for more details.

"Once a year, in October,

Poets and lovers of poetry

Gather together at UH-Downtown

To celebrate poetry and those who create it."

Admission to all the readings listed is

free and open to the public.

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See submissions page or
download a PDF page with Guidelines

The submission deadline for the 2010 HPF has passed.

Submissions are accepted each spring and early summer, so "Juried Poets" can be selected by the "blind jury" method – the judges are shown only the five-page samples 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).

See submissions page or download a PDF page with Guidelines

Sponsored by Houston Poetry Fest, a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization, to which tax deductible donations can be made; Co-Sponsored by the Department of English and the Cultural Enrichment Center of the University of Houston-Downtown.

This site was last updated Sept 3, 2010