Kia ora koutou Don’t miss your opportunity to nominate your pick of our finest writers for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. Every year New Zealanders are invited to nominate writers who have made a notable contribution to New Zealand literature in the categories of non-fiction, poetry or fiction. $60,000 is awarded in each genre. New Zealand […]

Enter your haiku in the Fourth Annual Best Hooked on Haiku™ Contest now– details at http://www.hookedonhaiku.net.  You may order the prior Annuals there too in paperback or eBook.

Our 17th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest welcomes your entry through April 1. There’s no fee to enter. Jendi Reiter will judge, assisted by Lauren Singer Ledoux. We’ll award $2,250 in prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. Winners are published on our website. This contest welcomes published and unpublished work. Your poem may have up to 250 lines. One […]

Reading for Writing: 2017 – an Odyssey by Anthology Sample poetry from across the English-speaking world, looking back at 2017 through the lens of poetry anthologies. Join poet Joanna Preston for a workshop that climbs inside poems, finds out what makes them tick, and explores ways to use that knowledge to create poems of your own. […]

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