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Register for the 25th National Poetry Day on 26 August
Aotearoa’s countrywide celebration of poetry is preparing to mark its 25th anniversary with plans for the broadest range of events and promotions yet, as registrations open for participation in Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day on 26 August 2022. National Poetry Day co-ordinator Erica Stretton says that after two years of largely online events, the NPD […]
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World Poetry Day: Take action for Maung Yu Py (Myanmar)
“The story of Maung Yu Py, is the story of all those who are detained, harassed and persecuted for exposing injustices and defending freedom of expression through poetry. The PEN community stands in solidarity with Maung Yu Py and all poets who are silenced in Myanmar and across the world. Their voice must be heard.” […]
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Going West – 2 LIVE Events in April
Determinedly returning from the virtual quagmire of zoomed connections, Going West presents two lively in-person experiences during April: Shifted Ground, an intimate literary salon; and The Listening Sand, a unique outdoor environmental writing experience. Shifted Ground is an intimate literary salon in the theatre of Lopdell House. You will hear new works from poetry stars […]
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Shifted Ground coming up in April – Going West live events
We’ve been hard at work in order to deliver our next Going West live events! Shifted Ground is coming up in early April, and it will be an intimate literary salon exploring the varied terrains of Aotearoa, both geographic and historical; cultural and contested. There’ll be performance, kōrero, music, photography and cinema. In Ghost Stories, poets Serie […]
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NZ Poetry Society Competition for 2022 is now open for entries
Our competition is open to all members and non-members, worldwide, with members receiving an entry fee discount. There are cash prizes to be won in each category, and all entries are eligible to be published in our anthology. Our annual anthology includes all placed and commended poems, as well as a selection of other favourite […]
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National Flash Fiction Day competition is open!
June 22 is our shortest day of the year — and the day we know and love as National Flash Fiction Day! So send in your best 300 words – deadline is 15 April, 2022. The judges for the 2022 National Flash Fiction Day competition are the acclaimed Anne Kennedy and Kiri Piahana-Wong. The youth competition […]
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Haiku Down Under 2022
poetry from the edge Being held via Zoom from October 7-9, 2022, this new initiative to connect writers from New Zealand, Australia and beyond will use workshops, prompted writing sessions and presentations to celebrate our seasons, people, landscapes and seascapes, vernacular language, and flora and fauna. When: October 7-9, 2022 Where: Online What: Presentations and […]
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“I Matter” Poetry Contest
Would you like to win $US500 and become a published poet? We are pleased to announce the 2022 “I Matter” poetry and art competition on why Black Lives Matter. Students from all over the world are invited to submit poetry and art on the theme of social justice. Ten finalists will win $US100 and the […]
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Longlists for New Zealand’s premier literary awards revealed
Books exploring politics, fashion, social change, war, contested histories and family relationships sit alongside works celebrating our natural world and the enduring legacies of our activists and artists in the longlists for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Forty poetry, prose and non-fiction titles make up the longlists announced today. Selected from an impressive […]
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International Call for Poetry!
Madness: An Anthology of World Poetry World Poetry Movement – Nepal, in collaboration with RedPanda Books, a publication partner in Kathmandu, is soliciting poems from poets around the world on the theme of MADNESS for a global poetry anthology. It is our pleasure that Society of Nepali Writers in English, Foundation of SAARC Writers and […]
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Winner of Kathleen Grattan Prize Sequence announced – IWW
Robyn Maree Pickens has been announced today as the 2021 winner of the Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems, in an online ceremony.The annual competition is organised by Auckland based writing group, International Writers Workshop (also known as IWW.)Robyn Maree Pickens has won the $1,000 prize for her sequence of poems, entitled ‘Juniper.’ Ōtepoti […]
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2022 TCK Publishing Poetry Awards Contest
The TCK Publishing Poetry Awards Contest is an international poetry contest established in 2021. Each year’s prizewinner receives a $1,000 honorarium and publication of his or her poem on the TCK Publishing website. TCK Publishing is recognizing poetry writers from all countries, backgrounds, and levels of experience and we invite you to join the 2022 TCK […]
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