New Zealand Poetry Society Te Hunga Tito Ruri o Aotearoa
2010 International Poetry Competition - Open and Open Junior Sections
2010 International Poetry Competition
Open and Open Junior Sections: Instructions
Entries MUST BE RECEIVED by: 31 May 2010
Judges:
Open Section - Vivienne Plumb - http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Plumb,%20Vivienne
Open Junior Section: Lynn Davidson - http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Writers/Profiles/Davidson,%20Lynn
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors, Community Post.
Entry information
The entry form is available for download at the bottom of this page. We suggest you read the information between here and there before you download it.
- All entries are to be the original work of the entrant, and may not have been previously published, broadcast on radio or TV, or awarded any prize or payment.
- We do not classify poems appearing on author blogs or posted by the author to online workshops as previously published. We do classify poems appearing in online or print magazines, in or out of New Zealand, as previously published. If you are unsure about the publication standing of a particular poem, please query before submitting.
- The author's name must be recorded only on the entry form. Submissions bearing a name or any other form of identification on the poem page will be disqualified and entry fees will not be returned.
- Entries must be in English and typed or very clearly handwritten on one side only of the page, one poem per page.
- Number of entries is unlimited. Poems may be up to 40 lines.
- Please enclose two copies of each poem, each on a separate sheet of paper.
- Entries will not be returned but will be destroyed, so please keep a copy.
- Poems must not be submitted elsewhere before 31 August 2010, by which time entrants will be notified if their poems have won or been selected for publication in our anthology.
- Entry constitutes acceptance of all terms herein.
Open Section Prizes: 1st prize NZ$500, 2nd prize NZ$250, 3rd prize NZ$100.
Entry fee is NZ$5 per poem; NZ$4 per poem for NZPS members.
Open Junior Section Prizes (Open only to entrants who are 17 years of age or younger on 31 May 2010.) First Prize: NZ$200. Primary/Intermediate: 1st runner-up: NZ$100, 2nd runner-up NZ$50; Secondary: 1st runner-up NZ$100, 2nd runner-up NZ$50.
Entry fee is NZ$2 per poem. Please do not send coins; you can send 4 x 50c stamps per poem.
Overseas entries are welcomed in both sections.
Results will be published in our bimonthly magazine, posted on our website, emailed by request, or enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope (SSAE) with your entry.
Publication: All poems entered must be made available for publication in an anthology to be published by the NZPS in November 2010. Entrants will be notified by 31 August 2010 if their poems have won or been accepted for publication. NZPS has the right of first publication of all poems accepted for the anthology.
Promotion: Winners consent to the use of their poems for promotional purposes by the NZPS including but not limited to our website, brochure, and magazine.
Copyright in individual poems will remain with the poet, but copyright in any book produced by The New Zealand Poetry Society Inc will remain with the NZPS.
Questions? email competition@poetrysociety.org.nz
Entry Fees
Fees may be paid by cheque, NZ postal note, or in cash at your own risk. We are no longer able to accept IRCs as payment for entries. Overseas entrants may pay the $NZ equivalent in Australian, US, or Canadian dollars, Pounds Sterling, or Euros (see www.xe.com for exchange rate). Please do not send coins of any currency. No change or overpayments of less than $5 will be refunded.
Fees can also be paid through PayPal:
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