The Austin International Poetry Festival was an
unjuried
{{unreferenced, date=May 2010
An unjuried or open access art exhibition or festival is one where all submissions are accepted. Within theater, it is often referred to as a fringe festival, following the unjuried Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Histo ...
four-day
poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
festival involving
poetry readings, workshops,
open mic
An open mic or open mike (shortened from "open microphone") is a live show at a venue such as a coffeehouse, nightclub, comedy club, strip club, or pub, usually taking place at night, in which audience members may perform on stage whether the ...
s,
poetry slams, and
haiku
is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or se ...
.
Established in 1995, API published two
Anthologies
In book publishing
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for the festival. These were di-vêrseʹ-city (Adult Anthology)
and di-vêrseʹ-city Youth Anthology
- which were also read by the poets during poetry readings at the festival.
References
External links
*{{cite web, url=http://www.aipf.org/, title=Austin International Poetry Festival | Home, publisher=aipf.org, accessdate=2015-01-29
AIPF facebook page
Poetry festivals in the United States
Festivals in Austin, Texas