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NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025
NZPS International Poetry Competition 2025Our 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: Open 18+...
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...
Blue Hour by Jo McNeice
JO MCNEICE Blue Hour (Dunedin: OUP 2024 ISBN 978-1-99-004882-1). RRP $30.00. 68pp. The 2023 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award winner Jo McNeice’s debut collection Blue Hour takes place in the spaces in-between – the flash of a camera, thunder before rain, one...
Meantime by Majella Cullinane
MAJELLA CULLINANE Meantime (Dunedin: OUP 2024 ISBN 9781990048807). RRP $30.00 82pp. There are deep-seated expectations around death. The dying person never alone. Family and close friends attending. Physical contact, a hand held, a body embraced a last time....
Fleur Adcock: A Message from NZPS President, Robert Sullivan, on her passing.
Fleur Adcock, CNZM OBE 1934-2024A message from our president, 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐧, about the passing of beloved poet, 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤.
Mythos: edited by Cadence Chung
Cadence Chung Mythos (Wellington: Wai-te-ata Press, 2024). ISBN: 978-1-877159-32-9. RRP: $35.00. 92 pp. Fresh off the printers at Wai-te-ata Press, MYTHOS is lovely to look at: Hannah Hitchcock’s cover art makes me feel as if I’m peering...
OPEN JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024
OPEN JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024 OPEN JUNIOR JUDGE'S REPORT - CADENCE CHUNG It was really special to judge the Open Junior section of the NZPS competition this year. It was only a few years ago that I was entering these...
HAIKU JUNIOR results – NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024
HAIKU JUNIOR results - NZPS International Poetry Competition 2024 HAIKU JUNIOR JUDGE'S REPORT - OLIVIA ARK Firstly, thank you to the New Zealand Poetry Society for inviting me to judge this year’s competition. It is an honour to be trusted with the role and the...