Upcoming Festival 2009

This year's lineup includes workshops and readings with Martin Espada, Kimiko Hahn, Laura Kasischke, Thomas Lux, Gregory Orr, Anne Marie Macari, Gerald Stern, Denise Duhamel, and Victoria Redel. We will also welcome Florida poets Kelle Groom, and Michael Hettich, for a special reading and honor the winners of the High School Poetry Contest. Taylor Mali, and Lynne Procope, will grace the stage for performances at our annual late-night Coffee House event.

Join us in 2009 for six days of workshops, readings, craft lectures and other special events. For those interested in participating in a poetry workshop, see the Workshops/Faculty pages for more information. 

Workshop Tuition includes workshop participation, an individual conference with workshop leader, and admission to all readings, events and craft talks. Participants are invited to read their own work and to attend this year's Fifth Anniversary Gala.  Tuition for advanced poetry workshops is $725 and for intermediate, $525.  Applications require a $25 non-refundable reading fee.

If you'd simply like to attend our readings and lectures, visit our Readings/Lectures page.

Below is a complete schedule

2009 Palm Beach Poetry Festival
Workshop Participants' Schedule of Events
     
Monday, January 19 (Martin Luther King Day)
(Book Signings follow all reading events)
6:00-7 pm Registration and Welcome Reception Vintage Gymnasium
7-7:30 pm Organizational Meeting of Workshops Assigned Classrooms

Tuesday, January 20:
     
9:30 am–12 noon First Workshop Session Assigned Classrooms
2:00–3 pm Craft Talks:
Denise Duhamel: Punch Lines and Line Breaks, Humor in Contemporary Poetry &
Gregory Orr: The Poem, The Threshold, and Us
Crest Theatre
4:00-5:30 pm Getting Published Panel Crest Theatre
8:00-10 pm Reading:Denise Duhamel & Martin Espada Crest Theatre
10:00 pm- Dada Poetry Slam: everyone invited Dada

Wednesday, January, 21
     
9:30 am–12:00 noon Second Workshop Session Assigned Classrooms
2:00–3:30 pm Taylor Mali: Page to Stage: How To Give Readings Assigned Classrooms
5:00–8 pm Festival Gala: Cocktails & Dinner* Vintage Gymnasium
8:00 –10:30 pm Reading: Anne Marie Macari, Victoria Redel, & Thomas Lux Crest Theatre

Thursday, January 22:
     
9:30 am–12 noon Third Workshop Session Assigned Classrooms
1:30-3 pm Conferences may be scheduled **  
3:00– 5 pm Workshop Participants Reading I (52 poets)*** Crest Theatre Free Event
     
8:00–10 pm Florida Poets Reading: Kelle Groom & Michael Hettich. (Includes award ceremony winners of the High School Poetry Contest) Crest Theatre

Friday, January 23:
     
9:30 am–12:00 noon Fourth Workshop Session Assigned Classrooms
1:30-3 pm Conferences may be scheduled **  
3–5:00 pm 2nd Workshop Participants Public Reading *** (52 poets) Assigned Classrooms
8:00-10 pm TGIF Reading:
Laura Kasischke & Gregory Orr
Crest Theatre

Saturday, January 24:
     
9:30 am–12 noon Fifth Workshop Session Crest Theatre Free Event
2–4:30 pm Panel Discussion: Beloved & Influential Poems: Denise Duhamel, Martin Espada, Kimiko Hahn, Laura Kasischke, Thomas Lux, Anne Marie Macari, Gregory Orr, Victoria Redel, and Gerald Stern Crest Theatre
7:00–9 pm Finale Reading:Kimiko Hahn & Gerald Stern Crest Theatre
9:00-10 pm
10-11 pm

11:12:30

Coffee House Performance Poetry & Party
Performance Poets:
Lynne Procope & Taylor Mali
DJ Dance Party
Vintage Gymnasium

* Partners and spouses of workshop participants are invited to attend the Fundraising Gala. Tickets are $100 (1 guest/participant)

** 15 minute conferences will be scheduled at mutually agreed upon times and at faculty discretion

*** Workshop participants are invited to read one poem, one page maximum, at one of the participant readings.