𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟓)!!

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬:

• Open
• Open Junior (17 years & under)
• Haiku
• Haiku Junior (17 years & under)

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞:

Anna Jackson – Open
Isla Huia – Open Junior
Graham Bates – Haiku
Sandra Simpson – Haiku Junior

All winners & placegetters are automatically in our anthology. This year’s editor is Anne Kennedy, who will also select poems for inclusion in the anthology.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬??

What a great opportunity to have your poetry recognised, and who knows, you could win!!

Details on how to enter and cash prize amounts will be shared closer to the opening date for the competition.

A timely reminder, too, to make sure you up up-to-date with your membership, as NZPS members get discounted entry fees.

So…get writing those poems!