NZ Poetry Society

NZPS are excited to announce their new te reo Māori name in te wiki o te reo. We will now be known as New Zealand Poetry Society Te Rōpū Toikupu o Aotearoa. Tēnā koe to Vaughan Rapatahana for translating our new name. We love it and hope you do too. Ngā mihinui.

-Anita Arlov, Piet Nieuwland, Jenna Heller, Gillian Roach, Victor Billot, NZPS's very own admin person, Kim Martins, and a fine line editor, Gail Ingram. Go NZPS! And thank you, the team at Given Words. nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/2022/09/givenp…

Congratulations to our wonderful NZPS member Sarah-Kate Simons, at 17 years old winner of the adult section of the #GivenWords competition for #NZPoetryDay, and winning poems by so many of our fabulous members -

9 DAYS LEFT TO SUBMIT a fine line’s theme for its Spring 2022 edition is "BLOOM/PUA". Submissions due 10 Sept 2022

Congratulations to our next Poet Laureate @chrisjtse Chris Tse! Chris has always been so generous with his time, judging the Open Junior category of our NZPS International Poetry Competition in 2021 and our guest poet at our AGM this year. poetlaureate.org.nz/2022/08/welcom…

Please note that we are looking for art, not photography. See submission guidelines here: #publicationguidelines" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">poetrysociety.org.nz/poems-reviews/… Submit your best "bloom/pua"-themed art to editor@poetrysociety.org.nz, with the subject line “Digital Art Feature” Photograph by RoonZ on Unsplash

If selected, your art will feature alongside poetry from all over New Zealand. Our journal is produced for both digital and print subscribers, so colour images should also look great in black and white. Submissions from both NZPS members and non-members are welcome.

a fine line Callout for Digital Art, themed "BLOOM/PUA" (emphasis on 'art' not photographs, please) a fine line’s theme for its Spring 2022 edition is "BLOOM/PUA". Submissions due 10 Sept 2022 Spring blooms, love blooms, youth blooms, in full bloom ...

See submission guidelines here: #publicationguidelines" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">poetrysociety.org.nz/poems-reviews/… Submissions are open to NZPS members only, so sign up or renew here: poetrysociety.org.nz/members/joinin…

a fine line Callout for Haiku from NZ Poetry Society Members Send us up to four of your best haiku in the body of the mail to editor@poetrysociety.org.nz by 10 Sept 2022. Photograph by Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Pansiera on Unsplash

Submissions are open to NZPS members only, so sign up or renew here: poetrysociety.org.nz/members/joinin… Photograph by @_javardh_001 on unsplash

Send us up to four of your blooming best poems in response to our "bloom/pua" theme, each 40 lines max, by 10 Sept 2022. Find the submission guidelines here: #publicationguidelines" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">poetrysociety.org.nz/poems-reviews/… Please, send in the body of an email or in one attachment to editor@poetrysociety.org.nz

a fine line Callout for Poems from NZ Poetry Society Members. a fine line’s theme for its Spring 2022 edition is "BLOOM/PUA" Spring blooms, love blooms, youth blooms, in full bloom ...

Gold coin entry. Poetry on the Line at Ōrewa Library from 9am to 5pm on Friday August 26. Free. More details on these events can be found here: sites.google.com/view/hbc-poetr…

Follow this link for more details and to register: poetryonthebeach2022.wordpress.com There are also two other poetry-related events being held in the area as part of National Poetry Day: Poetry at the Pub at Sugarloaf Waiwera Beach Bar Restaurant from 7pm to 9.15pm on Thursday, August 25.

Please join us for Poetry on the Beach 2022, and write your own, original poem on the sand at Orewa Beach. Poetry on the Beach is a wrap-up event for National Poetry Day, and will be held on Saturday 27th August 2022 at 12:30pm-1:30pm, at Moana Reserve, Orewa Beach, Auckland.

Free to read, Aotearoa's latest poetry talent is here. Not a member? You can join online to submit to NZPS flagship magazine a fine line and receive a fine line into your inbox every season. poetrysociety.org.nz

Out now! Spotlighting a fine line's winning Feature Student poet Elizabeth Ayrey, alongside shortlisted poems by young rising stars Molly Laurence, Oshadha Perera, Amelia Kirkness, Maia Armistead, Harriet Salmon, Hannah Marshall, Aine Whelan-Kopa and Sarah-Kate Simons.