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OPEN JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
OPEN JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 OPEN JUNIOR JUDGE'S REPORT - ISLA HUIA When I was given the opportunity to be the judge for this year’s Open Junior competition, I leapt at the chance to read new work from kaituhi rangatahi from...
HAIKU JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
HAIKU JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and placegetters of the Haiku Junior category of the 2026 NZPS International Poetry Competition. Sandra Simpson was the judge for this category, and judging comments...
HAIKU results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
HAIKU results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 HAIKU JUDGE’S REPORT – GRAHAM BATES Part of the privilege of being this year’s judge was that it gave me the opportunity to host an hour-long Zoom workshop called A Brief Guide to Writing Haiku Poetry where I...
OPEN results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
OPEN results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 OPEN JUDGE'S REPORT - ANNA JACKSON There is something very contradictory about the idea of a poetry competition. Any poem is a winning poem, in that by taking words and bringing them into a newly...
Potluck ed. A. Jansen et al
Ed. A. Jansen, J. Begg, L. Carey, R. de Jong, W. Hollis, J. Lamb, R. Tahana-Dawson Potluck: poems about food (Landing Press, 2025). ISBN 9780473759292. RRP $25.00. 222pp. The newest offering from Landing Press is a collection of poems about food. Poems about...
NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026
NZPS International Poetry Competition 2026 - CLOSEDOur popular annual competition for 2026 is closed. Who are the 2026 judges? Go here to find out. You can enter in the following categories: Open 18+ years. No theme. Open Junior 17 years and under. The theme is...
Moon too Heavy by Jac Jenkins
JAC JENKINS Moon too Heavy (Pavlova Press, 2025). ISBN 9780473744199. RRP $25. 50pp. inside | walls crawl with mould | curtains sulk in corners | a woman crouches in front of lazy flames | wan | not so much warm as ...
Announcing our 2026 judges!
2026 New Zealand Poetry Society International Competition - announcing our judgesOur very popular international poetry competition will open for entries via Submittable on MARCH 15, 2026. The competition will close on May 31st. We're thrilled to announce our four...
Blackout Poetry Results – Youth Competition 2025
BLACKOUT POETRY COMPETITION RESULTS 2025 NZPS and Blackout Poetry Aotearoa held a fun Blackout Poetry Contest during October/November for young poets, 12-18 years. We had some great submissions and the judging was tough, but here are the results! We will also...