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over under fed by Amy Margeurite
AMY MARGEURITE over under fed (Auckland University Press, 2025). ISBN 9781776711642. RRP $24.99. 80pp. I first read over under fed in unusualcircumstances. On Takapuna Beach, I reclinedshivering on a towel marked ‘HOSPITALPROPERTY’, deep in Marguerite’s...
OPEN JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
OPEN JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025 OPEN JUNIOR JUDGE'S REPORT - JOSIAH MORGAN Of all the numerous ways to win a competition, the element of surprise unified and bound the pieces that spoke to me most this year. It was a real joy to...
HAIKU JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
HAIKU JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025 HAIKU JUNIOR JUDGE'S REPORT - JENNY FRASER It has been a privilege and honour to be asked to judge The New Zealand Poetry Society’s Haiku Juniors Competition, 2025. Thank you. I am grateful to...
HAIKU results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
HAIKU results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025 HAIKU JUDGE’S REPORT – SCOTT MASON Haiku poet and commentator William J. Higginson observed in his classic The Haiku Handbook (Kodansha International, 1985) that “[t]he central act of haiku is letting an...
OPEN results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
OPEN results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025 OPEN JUDGE'S REPORT - Lee Murray What a delight it has been to read all the wonderful entries in the adult Open section of this year’s competition. With our submission period occurring in the midst of...
Black Sugarcane by Nafanua Purcell Kersel
NAFANUA PURCELL KERSEL Black Sugarcane (Wellington: Te Herenga Waka University Press, 2025). ISBN 9781776922222. RRP $30.00. 128pp. Nafanua Purcell Kersel’s debut poetry collection Black Sugarcane is a generous invitation intocommunity and family, storytelling...
NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025 CLOSEDOur popular annual competition is now OPEN and will close at midnight Aotearoa New Zealand time on May 31, 2025. Who are the 2025 judges? Go here to find out. HOW DO I ENTER? You can enter in the following categories:...
Announcing our 2025 judges!
2025 New Zealand Poetry Society International competition - announcing the judgesOur very popular international poetry competition will open for entries on MARCH 15, 2025. The competition will close on May 31st. We're thrilled to announce our four fabulous judges for...
Bug of the Year Poetry Competition Results
Bug of the Year Poetry Competition Results!The Entomological Society of New Zealand & New Zealand Poetry Society Te Rōpū Toikupu o Aotearoa are thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 Bug of the Year competition. Click 2025 NEW ZEALAND BUG OF THE YEAR POEMS...