NZ Poetry Competition

Are you interested in creative writing? Do you feel that you're a budding poet? Why not have a go at the competition below. You can get competition entry forms from me or from the NZ Poetry Society website. We'll look at a few poems in class to get you started. Go on, have a go. . .

NZ Poetry Society 2008 International Poetry Competition

The New Zealand Poetry Society’s annual International Poetry Competition, Verse and Haiku, is now under way, with Open and Junior Sections. The Junior Open and Junior Haiku sections are open to students who are 17 years of age or younger on 30th May 2008. Please visit our website at www.poetrysociety.org.nz for full competition details and to download the entry forms. Last year’s results, including winning poems, and judges’ reports are also on the website.

There are cash prizes in every section, and the winning poems and other selected entries will appear in the New Zealand Poetry Society’s annual anthology in November 2008.

This year’s judges are:

Tony Beyer (New Plymouth) – Open Verse

Sandra Simpson (Tauranga) – Open Haiku

Helen Rickerby (Wellington) – Junior Verse

Nola Borrell (Lower Hutt) – Junior Haiku

Further enquiries can be directed to: The Competition Secretary, PO Box 5283, Wellington 6145 – or by email to competition@poetrysociety.org.nz

Competition closes 30th May 2008.