June 2023: Half the year gone already! Despite the ongoing and constant wet weather our extension/renovations are progressing so if it seems like I’ve ‘gone missing’ over the next month, that’s probably why. Part of the roof needs to come off and there has to be a hole in an outside wall at some stage, […]
a fine line’s theme for its Autumn 2022 edition is “EYE” Aye aye, it’s an EYE for an I. What do you spy through your little eye? in the blink of an eye? in the eye of the storm, or a needle? NZ Poetry Society Members, send us up to four of your best poems and […]
a fine line is looking for digital art to feature throughout the pages of our next Summer edition. Please submit on the theme of BARREN for this edition, for the opportunity to feature alongside poetry from all over New Zealand. Our journal is produced for both digital and print subscribers, so your colour images should […]
A big-hearted donation from the Windrift Haiku group means that we can publish a small selection of haiku from our members. Haiku can be on any theme and will be published in a fine line magazine. Send up to four haiku by 10 December 2021. See submission guidelines at https://poetrysociety.org.nz/poems-reviews/a-fine-line-quarterly-magazine Submit haiku to Gail Ingram […]
a fine line’s theme for its Summer 2021 edition is BARREN What happens in spaces where nothing grows? What thrives in empty or lifeless lands? What ideas does the word “barren” conjure up in relation to your life? In relation to the planet? How might poetry seek to traverse these spaces? Send us up to […]
a fine line is looking for digital art to feature throughout the pages of our next Spring edition. Please submit on the theme of FOREST for this edition, for the opportunity to feature alongside poetry from all over Aotearoa. Our journal is produced for both digital and print subscribers, so your colour images should also […]
a fine line’s theme for its Spring 2021 edition is FOREST What does the Aotearoa bush mean to you, historically, culturally, psychologically, emotionally? What about a particular national park or a single tree? Does the word ‘forest’ conjure up ideas of eco-poetry and politics, sustainable farming and water degradation? We want poems that dare to […]
A big-hearted donation from the Windrift Haiku group means that we can publish a small selection of haiku from our members. Haiku can be on any theme, and will be published in a fine line magazine. Send up to four haiku by 10 September 2021. See submission guidelines here. Submissions are open to NZPS Members […]
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