The New Zealand Poetry Society welcomes you to the 2012 International Poetry Competition.

This competition, started in 1990, has grown into a number of separate sections: open verse for adults and for young people (17 years or younger) and haiku for adults and for young people (17 years or younger).

In addition, we have further divided the junior prize winners into 2 age divisions: primary/intermediate school and secondary school. For those outside the New Zealand educational system, the cut-off age between the two is 13 years.

As a result of this growth, our entry forms have increased in complexity. Please make sure you choose the right one. Individuals can choose the Open and Junior Open Section or the Haiku and Junior Haiku Section. Teachers entering their students' work should not use the individual forms, but go to the Schools Sections, as there are different rules and entry forms for verse and haiku, plus discounts for multiple entries.

For Individual Open and Junior Open entries, please click here: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/2012openandjunior

For Individual Haiku and Junior Haiku entries, please click here: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/2012haikuandjunior

For School Verse entries, please click here: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/schoolverse

For School Haiku entries, please click here:  http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/schoolhaiku

 

Judges:

Open Section: Harry Ricketts (Wellington) - http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Ricketts,%20Harry

Open Junior Section: Bernadette Hall (Canterbury) - http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/bernadette

Haiku Section: Barbara Strang (Christchurch) - http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/haikushowcase/barbarastrang

Haiku Junior Section: Vanessa Proctor (Sydney) - Vanessa is an English, New Zealand, Australian writer who first discovered haiku while living in Japan in the early '90s. She and her family now call Sydney home. She lives with her husband, two small children and one elderly cat. She is a widely published poet and has won numerous awards for her work. You can read two of her articles on haiku at: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/node/427 and http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/node/75

Last year's winners and Judges' reports are available here: http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/2011compresults

We look forward to receiving your entries.

Laurice Gilbert
Competition Secretary

Competition(at)poetrysociety(dot)org(dot)nz



 


 

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