• Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement: winners announced and live online literary panel

    A prolific writer for young adults, an award-winning poet and one of New Zealand’s most distinguished historians are being honoured in the 2021 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. With interests spanning ecology, resilience and resourcefulness, and the Treaty of Waitangi – Creative New Zealand is pleased to announce this year’s recipients: Poetry: Anne Kennedy – […]

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  • Take Up Space Spoken Word Poetry performance showcase this Saturday

    The Take Up Space Spoken Word Poetry performance showcase is on this Saturday from 4-6pm ONLINE. Whether you want to connect with our community, reflect, vent, or take on a new challenge, these workshops aim to provide a safe and fun way to do so. Aiwa and Gemishka of Creative Creatures arts collective led the […]

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  • Winners of 2021 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize announced

    The Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize winners for this year have been revealed. The competition is now in its eleventh year, and this year attracted 136 poems from across New Zealand and Australia. First place goes to Sophia Wilson from Ōtepoti – Dunedin for her poem “Sea-skins”. Runner up is Ōtautahi-Christchurch based Jenna Heller with […]

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  • 2021 Given Words poems chosen – the winners from National Poetry Day 2021

    17 September 2021 We are delighted to share with you the winning poems from the Given Words competition for Phantom National Poetry Day 2021. New Zealanders of all ages were invited to write a poem including five words chosen from the te reo poetry film Noho Mai, which features a poem by Peta-Maria Tunui. The […]

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  • 2021 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry goes to Siobhan Harvey

    JANET FRAME LITERARY TRUST Gift for Auckland Poet on Janet Frame’s Birthday   The Janet Frame Literary Trust is delighted to announce the recipient of the 2021 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry.  Auckland poet Siobhan Harvey will receive $5,000 from a fund set up by Janet Frame for the purpose of encouraging New […]

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  • Phantom National Poetry Day 2021 set to ignite public spaces!

    Poetry fans across Aotearoa New Zealand are eager to create a vibrant, diverse Phantom National Poetry Day on Friday 27 August 2021, after the global pandemic curtailed public gatherings last year. The packed programme goes live today (Thursday 5 August), revealing the breadth of their annual nationwide celebration.  More than 100 events and competitions are […]

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  • READER OF LOVE FOR THE BOOK – anthology releases of protest writing about National Library cull

    READER OF LOVE FOR THE BOOK edited by Bill Direen   nodisposals.neocities.org The Anthology of Love for the Book brings 52 promising young poets, prominent journalists, and several time-honoured poet laureates, winners of Prime Ministers Awards and Robert Burns Fellows together for a massive Hui. All the writers share deep concern at continuing disposals of […]

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  • 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize – opens July 15

    The 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize will be opening 15 July 2021. We look forward to reading your submissions. First prize: $AU$6,000 Four other shortlisted poets: $AU$1,000 Opens: 15 July 2021 Closes: 4 October 2021 Judges: To be announced. Australian Book Review welcomes entries for the eighteenth Peter Porter Poetry Prize, which is open to all […]

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  • Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award open for entries – closes July 31

    Auckland poet Kathleen Grattan, a journalist and former editor of the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, died in 1990. A member of the Titirangi Poets, her work was published in Landfall and other volumes including Premier Poets, a collection from the World Poetry Society. Her daughter Jocelyn Grattan, who also worked for the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, shared her mother’s […]

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  • Submit to the IIML’s annual online poetry showcase Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems.

    What, how and when to submit to the IIML’s annual online poetry showcase Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems. Submissions for Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2021 open on 1 January and close on 13 December 2021.   Current Issue What to submit Only poems or books of poems by New Zealanders published within the calendar year […]

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  • Caselberg International Poetry Prize – opens June 1

    The Caselberg Trust is calling for entries for the 2021 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition. Now in its 10th year, the Trust is delighted to announce that Dunedin’s finest book shop – the University Book Shop is supporting the poetry prize again this year, and will also host our awards night to coincide with the […]

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  • Announcing the 2021 takahē Monica Taylor poetry prize

    Entries are now open for the 2021 takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize, and we’re delighted to welcome John Allison as judge.   John Allison’s poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals here and overseas. His fifth collection of poetry, A Place to Return To, was published by Cold Hub Press in August 2019. A chapbook of new […]

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