2009 International Poetry Competition

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.

There are cash prizes, and the winning poems and other selected entries will appear in the New Zealand Poetry Society’s annual anthology in November 2009.

This year’s judges are:

Michael Harlow (Alexandria) – Open Verse
Tony Chad (Upper Hutt) – Open Haiku
Sue Wootton (Dunedin) – Junior Verse
Linzy Forbes (Porirua) – Junior Haiku