The 2019 New Zealand Poetry Society Competition is now open.

Entries must be received by 31 May 2019.

Our competition has multiple options for entering, depending on your age and the poetry genre (verse or haiku). The links below take you to all the forms you need, as well as the instructions for entering each competition. School group rules are for multiple entries collated by class teachers – individual students should use the general entry forms.

Competition rules and entry forms:

• Open and Junior Open – rules
• Open and Junior Open – entry form
• Haiku and Junior Haiku – rules
• Haiku and Junior Haiku – entry form

School Group rules and entry forms:

• Junior Open: Primary/Intermediate – entry form
• Junior Open: Secondary – entry form
• Junior Haiku: Primary/Intermediate – entry form
• Junior Haiku: Secondary – entry form
• School Group – rules

For more info, click here!