Stanza Poetry Festival

Stanza Poetry Festival

StAnza is a poetry festival which takes place in March in the Scottish university town of St Andrews. Founded in 1998, it celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2007. [ [http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/artsinscotland/literature/projects/archive/stanza2007.aspx Scottish Arts Council article on tenth anniversary] ] It is the only festival in Scotland dedicated exclusively to poetry. [ [http://www.stanzapoetry.org/index.php StAnza website] ]

History

From 1998 to 2002, StAnza was held in October of each year. However, in 2003 the festival changed to a regular March fixture. [ [http://www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/artsinscotland/literature/projects/archive/stanza.aspx Scottish Arts Council article on StAnza] ]

Official Site

[http://www.stanzapoetry.org StAnzaPoetry.org]

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