Our popular annual competition is now OPEN and will close at midnight Aotearoa New Zealand time on May 31, 2024.
You can enter in the following categories:
Open 18+ years. No theme.
Open Junior 17 years and under. The Open Junior category calls for poetry inspired by works of visual art such as painting, sculpture or photographs ( Ekphrasis). Please click here for more information, including a teacher’s resource kit and news about a workshop to help young poets write poems that respond to artwork.
Haiku 18+ years
Haiku Junior 17 years or under. Here is a handy teacher’s guide for writing haiku.
School groups – Haiku Junior and Open Junior
HOW DO I ENTER THE COMPETITION?
To reduce administration and provide a more streamlined process, we are now using a submission manager. If you haven’t used Submittable before, you’ll be prompted to sign up for an account, which is a free and simple process. Please note each poem needs to be a separate submission.
Please make sure you read the GUIDELINES carefully before you submit your work. If you have any problems, please email info@poetrysociety.org.nz.
Click on this link to submit to the competition
or use this button:
