The Queensland Poetry Festival’s supports and promotes a poetry culture in Queensland by contributing to the presentation, promotion, development and practice of poets and poetry audiences locally, and by advancing their recognition nationally and internationally.

QPF is Australia’s finest annual literary event and has an established reputation for excellence amongst audiences and artists worldwide.

QPF delivers an annual three-day festival, spoken in one strange word, along with a diverse program of coproduced events, projects and initiatives. QPF incorporates the Arts Queensland Val Vallis and Thomas Shapcott poetry prizes as well as the annual Arts Queensland Poet in Residence Program.

Expressions of Interest for the 14th annual Queensland Poetry Festival are now open! Check out the News page for more detail.

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