The Palm Beach Poetry Festival is an annual event offering the best of America’s most engaging and award-winning poets and poetry. It’s an intensive week of workshops, readings, craft classes and special events. All events take place in the Crest Theatre and the Crest classrooms.

Monday-Saturday, January 21-26, 2018
CLICK HERE for the public events schedule.

TICKETS: $15 (regular) $12 (seniors, 65 plus); $10(students); $10 (groups of 10 or more).  All seats are general admission.
The Conference Faculty Reading on Saturday January 25th @ 4pm is free to the public.

Focus on your work with America’s most engaging and award-winning poets. This year’s faculty includes: Ellen Bass, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Stuart Dischell, Aracelis Girmay, Campbell McGrath, Gregory Pardlo, Matthew Olzmann, Eleanor Wilner. Six days and evenings of workshops, readings, craft talks, panel discussion, social events, and so much more. Additional Faculty: Lorna Blake, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Nickole Brown, and Stephen Gibson. Special Guest: Sharon Olds, and, Poet-At-Large, Tyehimba Jess.

The Palm Beach Poetry Festival organization also hosts a variety of workshops year-round through their Community Outreach program.  LEARN MORE