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NZPS 2026 INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION – closes March 15
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 […]
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Finalists – Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2026 Jacinda Ardern’s memoir a finalist in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 Oxford fellow and former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern’s first book, A Different Kind of Power, has made the shortlist of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Ardern’s memoir is one of four finalists […]
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Open: NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
OPEN JUDGE’S REPORT – Lee Murray What a delight it has been to read all the wonderful entries in the adult Open section of this year’s competition. With our submission period occurring in the midst of widespread social and political unrest, environmental disasters, war, and technological change, Te Rōpū Toikupu o Aotearoa received just short […]
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Haiku: NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
HAIKU JUDGE’S REPORT – SCOTT MASON Haiku poet and commentator William J. Higginson observed in his classic The Haiku Handbook (Kodansha International, 1985) that “[t]he central act of haiku is letting an object or event touch us, and then sharing it with another.” As judge for the adult division of this year’s NZPS haiku competition, […]
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Haiku Junior: NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
HAIKU JUNIOR JUDGE’S REPORT – JENNY FRASER It has been a privilege and honour to be asked to judge The New Zealand Poetry Society’s Haiku Juniors Competition, 2025. Thank you. I am grateful to Kim Martins for being my support champion and answering queries promptly. The journey of reading and choosing what I felt to […]
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Open Junior: NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
OPEN JUNIOR JUDGE’S REPORT – JOSIAH MORGAN Of all the numerous ways to win a competition, the element of surprise unified and bound the pieces that spoke to me most this year. It was a real joy to read the numerous poems from so many talented young writers, almost all of which focused effectively on […]
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SIGN UP FOR THE GREAT NZ POETRY DISPLAY-OFF AND WIN
Booksellers and libraries, August is the time to show off your poetic flair! We’re inviting you to sign up for The Great NZ Poetry Display-Off – a national challenge to create eye-catching poetry displays in the lead up to Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day on Friday 22 August. By participating you can: Celebrate New Zealand […]
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Now Open! | Enter the $10,000 Peter Porter Poetry Prize
NOW OPEN! Prize money: $10,000 Closing: 13 October 2025 Judges: Judith Bishop, Felicity Plunkett, and Anders Villani Celebrating twenty-two years of world poetry, Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected poetry awards. The prize – worth a total of AU$10,000 – is open […]
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2025 Summer Open Reading Period
July 1 – August 31 (postmark or online submission-date) Throughout the months of July & August, Tupelo Press will hold open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages) and chapbook-length poetry collections (28-47 pages). Selected manuscripts will receive publication by Tupelo Press, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and […]
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Ink of Ages Fiction Prize
Deadline: August 29, 2025 (All Day) The Ink of Ages Fiction Prize is an international short story contest organized by World History Encyclopedia and sponsored by Oxford University Press . If you write historical or mythology-inspired short fiction, you can enter your story. The contest is free to enter and accepts submissions in English from […]
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The Alchemy Spoon Seeking Poetry Submission
Genre: Poetry, essays on poetry topics, and cover art. Deadline: June 30th. Theme: Food. The Alchemy Spoon is a journal of poetry published by Clayhanger Press. They have a special interest in showcasing writing by “new phase” poets: “poets who have come late to poetry, often following retirement, or a life-change.” You can get a […]
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Announcing the 2nd Mercedes Webb-Pullman Poetry Award
Webb-Pullman Poetry Award Webb-Pullman Family 30 April, 2025 Entries are now open for the second Mercedes Webb-Pullman Poetry Award, which in 2025 will again be $500 NZD. In honour of Mercedes’ support for Palestinian rights, her passionate resistance to injustice, and in light of the current genocide in Gaza, the topic for this […]
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