Austin International Poetry Festival (AIPF)

Official AIPF Facebook Page It started with four founders back in 1992, and today, this four-day, citywide, all-inclusive annual celebration of poets and poetry has grown to become “the largest non-juried poetry festival in the U.S.” It includes 30 live local readings, 10 poetry workshops, 10 open mics, 10 youth poetry events, two anthology competitions and readings, two poetry slams, a movie presentation, a poetry all-nighter and a poetry symposium! AIPF is the “work of heART” of volunteer-based local non-profit Austin Poets International, Inc. This year API is honored to present over 20 International, National, Regional and Local Featured Poets reading alongside over 300 Registered Poets at local venues across Austin. Join the celebration! For more INFORMATION, or to REGISTER visit: www.aipf.org This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department/Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com. Austin Poets International, the parent organization of AIPF, promotes literary excellence by bringing together poets from around the world to celebrate the diversity of humanity through the power of the written word and spoken word. It does this through three programs, AIPF, an annual anthology, and a youth program. AIPF is the country's largest non-juried festival, a point of pride among API members. The goal of the four-day, non-juried festival is to bring fresh voices to the stage to mix with the voices of established poets, and to allow young poets to read and publish their poetry.