The XVIII International Literary Festival Druskininkai Poetic Fall took place from October 4 – 8, 2007, and was highly successful. More than 110 poets, literary critics, and publishers took part in the event.

The XIX International Literary Festival Druskininkai Poetic Fall took place on 3-8th October 2008. 112 poets, literary critics, and publishers took part in the event. Poems by our international guests were translated into Lithuanian and published in the annual anthology of the DPF:

Andrzej Dorobek (Poland), Germain Droogenbroodt (Belgium–Spain), Hans Eichhorn (Austria), Lena Eltang (Russia–Lithuania), Jonathan Garfinkel (Canada), Joseph Grikis (USA), Paul Hoover (USA), Abel Murcia (Spain), Irena Praitis (USA), Piotr Sommer (Poland), Matthew Sweeney's (Ireland) ir Krisztina Tóth (Hungary). Four Lithuanian poets were translated into English and published in the anthology: Arnas Ališauskas (translated by Ada Valaitis), Marius Burokas (by Medeine Tribinevičius), Stasys Jonauskas and Stasys Stacevičius (by Jonas Zdanys).

The event took place on 30th September – 5th October in Vilnius and Druskininkai, Lithuania. The theme of the Festival was: Short Poetic Forms: Haiku. We hosted 121 participants from 23 countries:

Miroslav Adamtchik (Belarus), Karunesh Kumar Agrawal (India), Bin Akio (Japan), Shintaro Asaka (Japan), Alis Balbierius (Lithuania), Adrian Briedis-Macovei (Latvia), Olga Chernych (olala) (Ukraine), Dainius Dirgėla (Lithuania), Doc Drumheller (New Zealand), Vytautas Dumčius (Lithuania), Andres Ehin (Estonia), Hanne Hansen (Denmark), Adam Hlobus (Belarus), Anatoly Ilyustchyts (Belarus), Hideki Ishikura (Japan), Donaldas Kajokas (Lithuania), Sayumi Kamakura (Japan), Kerry Shawn Keys (Lithuania), Dmitry Kudrya - Petrovich (Russia), Alexander Kudryashov (Graf Mur) (Russia), Santosh Kumar (India), Hikari Kumoi (Japan), Sergey Kurbatov (Ukraine), Nataly Levi-taisha (Russia), Hideaki Matsuoka (Japan), Giedrius Mickūnas (Lithuania), Danielius Milašauskas (Lithuania), Çlirim Muça (Albania & Italy), Takeo Nakamura (Japan), Ban'ya Natsuishi (Japan), Dmitry Kudrya - Petrovich (Russia), Takaki Okubo (Japan, Professor of Comparative literature at Tokyo Woman's Christian University), Kornelijus Platelis (Lithuania), Primož Repar (Slovenia), Dragan J. Ristić (Serbia), David Rodrigues (Portugal), Natalia Sedenkova (Russia), Arturas Šilanskas (Lithuania), Joseph Spence (USA), Akira Takenami (Japan), Yuko Tange (Japan), Pietro Tartamella (Italy), Dietmar Tauchner (Austria), Petar Tchouhov (Bulgaria), Naoto Tsuchiya (Japan) Professor of Slavic literature at Tokai University), Mindaugas Valiukas (Lithuania), Irina Vatažina – Morskaja (Latvia), Chuei Yagi (Japan).

On October 7–10, 2010, more than one hundred poets, critics, and publishers from Lithuania and abroad attended the XXI Druskininkai Poetic Fall festival. The following poets participated in the featured poetry readings:

Alan Berecka (USA; translated by Marius Burokas); Vytautas P. Bložė (Lithuania; translated by Jonas Zdanys); Wojciech Bonowicz (Poland; translated by Vytas Dekšnys); Vladas Braziūnas (Lithuania; translated by Ada Valaitis); Tsead Bruinja (Netherlands; translated by Antanas Gailius);
Henrikas Algis Čigriejus (Lithuania; translated by Ada Valaitis); Valdas Gedgaudas (Lithuania; translated by Medeinė Tribinevičius); Bogomil Gjuzel (Macedonia; translated by Laima Masytė); Bob Holman (USA; translated by Edgaras Platelis); Evaldas Ignatavičius (Lithuania; translated by Medeinė Tribinevičius), Antanas A. Jonynas (Lithuania; translated by Medeinė Tribinevičius); Donaldas Kajokas (Lithuania; translated by Joseph Grikis); Erling Kittelsen (Norway; translated by Nora Strikauskaitė), Gueorgui Konstantinov (Bulgaria; translated by Laima Masytė); Eleanor Livingstone (Scotland; translated by Sonata Paliulytė); Marcelijus Martinaitis (Lithuania;translated by Laima Vince Sruoginis); Kęstutis Navakas (Lithuania; translated by Joseph Grikis); Victor Rodriguez Nunez (Cuba; translated by Jurga and Laurynas Katkus); Paul Perry (Ireland; translated by Edgaras Platelis); Alberto Princis (Italy; translated by Audrius Musteikis); Rajvinder Singh (India – Germany; translated by Antanas A. Jonynas); Knuts Skujenieks (Latvia; translated by Vladas Braziūnas); Triin Soomets (Estonia; translated by Danutė Sirijos – Giraitė); Rimvydas Stankevičius (Lithuania; translated by Kerry Shawn Keys); Ivo Stropnik (Slovenia; translated by Laima Masytė); Cai Tianxin (China; translated by Agnė Biliūnaitė); Tugrul Tanyol (Turkey; translated by Skaistė Kivci); Jonas Zdanys (USA – Lithuania; translated by Kornelijus Platelis); Dovilė Zelčiūtė (Lithuania; translated by Ada Valaitis); Agnė Žagrakalytė (Lithuania; translated by Jonas Zdanys).

Over one hundred poets, critics, and publishers from Lithuania and abroad participated in the 22nd Druskininkai Poetic Fall Literary Festival (DPF) that took place on October 5-10th, 2011.

The 23rd annual festival "Druskininkai Poetic Fall" took place October 2-8, 2012. More than 120 poets, literary critics, and publishers from Lithuania and abroad participated in the festival.

24th Druskininkai Poetic Fall 2013

Theme “Political Correctness and Poetry”

The 24th “Druskininkai Poetic Fall” festival took place October 2–7, 2013. More than 120 poets, literary critics, and publishers from Lithuania and abroad attended the festival.

XXV Druskininkai Poetic Fall, echoes of 2014
theme: Canonical Forms: Relics or Foundations?

XXV Druskininkai Poetic Fall took place October 1–6, 2014. More than 120 poets, literary critics and publishers participated, from Lithuania and abroad.

XXVI Druskininkai Poetic Fall, echoes of 2015

Theme: Writers’ Block?

The 26th annual Druskininkai Poetic Fall (DPF) festival took place October 7-12, 2015, and more than 130 poets, literary critics, publishers from Lithuania and abroad, and festival organizers participated.

Echoes of the 27^th Druskininkai Poetic Fall

Theme: Contemporary Poetry: Local and Global Contexts

The 27^th Annual Druskininkai Poetic Fall (DPF) Festival took place October 5-10, 2016. Participants included the Lithuanian literary community together with international guests – poets, writers, literary critics, publishers, literary festival organizers, and representatives from various organizations.