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a fine line publishes four themed issues a year of poems, haiku, articles, ‘talk poems’ and poetry book reviews, art and interviews on all things poetry. Send us contemporary literary work that inspires, intrigues, palpitates the heart and journeys the mind. Please view previous issues for the kind of work we prefer. 

• For enquiries (except for reviews) please email Cadence Chung: editor@poetrysociety.org.nz 
• Please refer to our style sheet and edit your work accordingly before sending in.
• 2026 Themes & Deadlines:  Autumn 2026: Secret | He toropuku Deadline – March 10. Winter 2026: Open theme, student edition. Deadline – June 10. Spring 2026: Fragment | He tūāporo Deadline – September 10. Summer 2026/27: Journey: He haerenga. Deadline – November 20.