ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Good afternoon.
Thank you for your earlier enquiry regarding the Ipswich Poetry Feast. We are pleased to announce that the 2021 Ipswich Poetry Feast, International Poetry Writing Competition will be opening early August 2021 (Friday 6th August TBC).

The competition offers an exciting opportunity your students to showcase their work and compete for over $3,000 in prizes.

Entry across all categories is FREE!

There have been some changes to both the prizes and the entry categories as outlined in the table below.
Competition Categories 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Total
Age 8-10 years $100 $60 $40
Age 11-13 years $120 $80 $50
Age 14-17 years $250 $150 $100
Open Age $600 $250 $150
Open Age – Picture Ipswich $300 $175 $125

1st prize winners in above categories also receive a Certificate and Bronze Medallion

Highly Commended (multiple awards in each category) receive a Certificate and Competition Memento $350
School Award $150
Total Prize Value * $3000

*Prize money may be subject to change prior to the competition opening date at the discretion of Ipswich Libraries

1. Picture Ipswich category: Poems submitted in this category must reflect an image from the Picture Ipswich website.
Entries can be submitted online at https://www.ipswichpoetryfeast.com.au/w ... mpetition/ after the competition opening date becomes official.

Alternatively you will find a printable PDF entry on the Ipswich Poetry Feast website which will be downloadable when the competition opens. Hard copies can be submitted by mail or at any branch of Ipswich Libraries.
We can’t wait to receive your entries!

Michaela Cronan | Library Public Program Delivery Officer
Libraries and Customer Services Branch
Community, Cultural and Economic Development Department
T| 07 3810 6111

This is good news, Maureen!

Looks like there won't be separate sections for bush verse and free verse though - so it will be up to us to "outshine"!!

Entries open Monday 9th August and close in September, so a little over 4 weeks to get entries in.

Their photographic section I am having trouble viewing - I'll check again after the opening date to see if it is working or not

I have tried to access the site at 1.45 pm today and their appears to be problems with it - the online submission page is not coming up on screen. I have sent an enquiry to IPF re this and wait on their response.

Once I have an answer I will let you all know.

UPDATE - Open the IPF competition page, click on Adult entry and then click F5 to refresh the page this should then open up the entry form for you to complete details and add your poem.
The photographic/ writing section may still be having issues - they have put in a new program and it has glitches. Carol at IPF is looking into that for me as well as we speak - but the main part of the program is now operational.