Dear fellow poetry lovers, After much reflection, our Festival Committee has taken the decision to no longer host our Annual event. As many of you are aware, finding funding for the Arts in South Africa has become increasingly difficult with companies channeling their financial support into many varied social initiatives, many of which are [...]
Dear friend of Poetry in McGregor, It is with regret that our committee has taken the decision not to mount a big festival this September. Due to the economic climate, companies and donors that have supported us in the past were unable to do so this year, and to frustrate matters more, our application [...]
Longing for Home - Heimwee We are delighted to confirm the dates of our 2024 festival and its theme, ‘Longing for Home’, and the Afrikaans ‘Heimwee’. After celebrating our eleventh Poetry in McGregor Festival in 2023, we gave much thought to ‘rethinking a way forward’. We solicited ideas and suggestions, all of which led [...]
Dear Poets and Friends of The McGregor Poetry Festival, As most of you are aware, our annual festival has proved to be both very popular and successful. This is undoubtedly due to, not only a passionate and committed committee, but also the warm-hearted and enthusiastic support of our family of poets and performers. Your [...]
Our theme this year is TOUCHING THE WILD – DIE WILDERNIS IN. This is an opportunity to consider, through poetry, our roles as custodians of wilderness and creation not to mention the need to nurture a certain inner wildness. Please see the competition rules and note that no poems over 36 lines will be [...]
POETRY IN MCGREGOR was delighted to announce a new poetry prize at our November 2021 festival. This is the HUGH HODGE POETRY IN MCGREGOR AWARD. It honours Hugh Hodge, who sadly died this year. Hugh was a steadfast, selfless servant of poetry who contributed to building a confident and significant community of poets. He [...]
Estelle Minas Saturn Caine Tyler Wratten Adi Aliya Ayache Simon van Wyk Patronella Basson
Anri Potgieter Anze Besuidenhout Gillian Rennie Mariette van Gaan Joy Henrietta Miller Julia Norrish Suenel Bruwer Sunita Keyser Werner Wehmeyer Pralini Naidoo Sarah Frost Dorian Haarhoff Marcel Edwards Jim Pascual Agustin
We have always wanted to hold the festival in November but chose not to due to the number of other annual events taking place in and around McGregor in November. November’s weather is perfect festival weather with warm days, little wind and no rain. With so many other annual events no longer taking place [...]
