Entries must be received by 31st May 2009
The New Zealand Poetry Society’s annual International Poetry Competition, Verse and Haiku, is now under way, with Open and Junior Sections. The Junior Open and Junior Haiku sections are open to students who are 17 years of age or younger on 31st May 2009. Please visit our website at www.poetrysociety.org.nz for full competition details and to download the entry forms. Last year’s results, including winning poems, and judges’ reports are also on the website.
Prizes: Open Section – 1st $NZ500, 2nd $NZ200, 3rd $NZ100
Open Junior Section: 1st $200, with 2 runner-up prizes in each of 2 age gruops (junior and senior)
Haiku Section: 5 top prizes of $NZ100 each.
Haiku Junior Section: 5 top prizes of $NZ50 each
In addition, the winning poems and other selected entries will appear in the New Zealand Poetry Society’s annual anthology in November 2009. It is not necessary to purchase a copy of the anthology in order to have a poem published in it.
Further enquiries can be directed to:
Laurice Gilbert, Competition Secretary
PO Box 5283
Wellington 6145
New Zealand
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