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Non-fiction writing competition just launched!

Julian Bishop and Penny Walker are this year’s Urban Tree festival writing competition winners.

Today, we can announce the Top 12 shortlisted secrets in our Festival writing competition, chosen by our team of volunteer judges that included past competition winners and festival writers-in-residence.

Joanna Walforth, the Urban Tree Festival’s writer-in-residence tells us why the cultural history of trees is so important to her, and how it has inspired the theme of the “Secrets of The Trees” for this year’s Urban Tree Festival writing competition.

Winners of the 2022 Urban Tree Festival writing completion announced - their prize includes becoming Festival Writers-in-Residence

Author Sarah Wheeler and poet Chris Cuninghame win the Urban Tree Festival’s writing competition and are declared Writers-in-Residence for the 2022 Festival.

Canopy anthology of poetry and prose published today

We invited people to send in poetry and prose on the theme of “trees close to you” in a competition to win a spot in Canopy the illustrated chapbook anthology of nature writing that supports the Urban Tree Festival through sale proceeds, that is published by Sampson Low Publishers. Today we announce the long list!

A guest blog from Rob McBride aka the &

A guest blog post by Tracey Benson, Canberra, Australia

Connecting with the trees in Ngunawal Country is a documentation of a local walk which I have taken on an almost daily basis since the outbreak of COVID-19. The walk is a loop around Ginninderry Creek and is a popular gathering place for birds, frogs and other species including human, particularly after the rain.

Apologies to all those who tried to join our Tree Rings event at 14:00 Sunday 17 May. We were let down by the technology. We will be rescheduling and will be in touch with all those who had booked shortly with more details.

We are delighted to announce the winners of the first poetry and short story anthology celebrating urban trees - 10 writers have been selected for their engaging pieces that will be published by  in the Urban Tree Festival Canopy anthology.  

We are delighted to announce our new competition for writers of both poetry and prose to tie in with the forthcoming Urban Tree Festival in May.

Looking for a simple way to help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, and maybe improve your memory? Why not take a walk in the woods?