The Ken Vincent Poetry Competition
All information can be found on the Poetry Competition page.

Opening Event

This year the Tea Tree Gully Poetry Festival officially opens Friday 18 October at a special launch event hosted at The Gully Public House and Garden (formerly Tea Tree Gully Hotel). The launch event will feature recitals from well-known local poets, a humorous poetic open mic, raffle, door prizes and more!

• Friday 18 October  7pm for 7.30pm start
• The Gully Public House and Garden
• Open mic

For those who would like to bring a poem or two to read during the Open Mic session, the time allocation is 3 minutes per reader. If you would like your poetry to be included in the anthology, please bring a hard copy of your poem/s with your name, phone number and email address, for the editors. 

A selection of poems will be included in the Festival’s Anthology.

Poetry workshops

Informal poetry workshops at Tea Tree Gully Library.
Workshop facilitators TBC

• Saturday 19 October – time TBC
• Saturday 9 November – time TBC
• Tea Tree Gully Library

Closing Event

The Festival officially closes  on Wednesday November 20 at Cafe Paradiso where the Festival Committee provides a festival overview, and we present prizes to the poetry competition winners!

• Wednesday 20 November 5-7pm
• Cafe Paradiso