The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2022 opens for entries on the 1 June 2022, and closes on 31 August 2022.

First Prize: $300
Second Prize: $150

This year all competition entries must be made through Submittable. If you’re not already familiar with Submittable, there is a link to the entry form on takahe website.  Good luck!

The judge for this year is Airini Beautrais.
Airini Beautrais is a poet, writer and educator who grew up in Auckland and Whanganui. She studied ecological science and creative writing at Victoria University of Wellington, and worked for several years as a science teacher. Her first book Secret Heart (2006) was named Best First Book of Poetry in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2007. Her subsequent books include Western Line (2011), Dear Neil Roberts (2014) and Flow: Whanganui River Poems (2017). In 2021, she won the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction and $57,000 for her collection of short stories, Bug Week. Beautrais lives in Whanganui.

For terms and conditions of entry and to enter click on this LINK.