Poetry entries should reflect aspects of present day life in the local area or a revealing character description of a local person (rather than science fiction, futuristic or foreign settings).
Poems may be rhymed or unrhymed and may take any poetic form, but have a limit of 50 lines maximum.
Sections
Secondary School - secondary school students whose parents/caregivers are residents or ratepayers of the South Taranaki District are eligible. Entries are limited to five per person.
Open - residents or ratepayers in the wider Taranaki region who are over the age of 13 years and are not eligible for the Secondary School section are eligible. Entries are limited to five per person.
Prizes in each section
1st prize $500
2nd prize $300
3rd prize $200
How to enter
- Entry to the competition will be online only with entrants submitting their entry (as a Word document in Arial 12 font) via our entry form.
- The work must be titled.
- Each page must be numbered.
- Please ensure you do not have your name or address anywhere in your uploaded document: we judge all entries 'blind' and including your names or address will invalidate your entry.
- All entries must be the original work of the entrant alone and must not have appeared in any publication.
- Entries must not contain any photographs or illustrations.
- The
competition opens on Thursday 15 June 2023 and closes at 11.59pm (NZ time)
on Wednesday 23 August 2023. No entries will be accepted prior to the
opening date or after the closing date.
- Once an entry is submitted, the manuscript is final. The entry cannot be withdrawn and no alterations can be made to it.