Given Words for National Poetry Day 2017
What would you write if I gave you five words?
The Given Words competition for Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day have published their selection of five words (see the video) from all those that were sent in. To participate in the competition all you have to do is write a poem which includes all the five words and send it in before midnight on National Poetry Day 25 August. It is free to enter and is open to all NZ citizens.
Given Words will be awarding a prize for the Best Poem and a prize for the Best Poem by Under-16s selected by the New Zealand poet and artist Charles Olsen. The winner of Best Poem will receive a copy of the New Zealand Poetry Yearbook 2017, courtesy of Massey University Press and the winner of the Under-16 category will receive a copy of Lonesome When You Go by Saradha Koirala courtesy of Mākaro Press. In addition the winning poems will be translated into Spanish and published on the Spanish version of the project Palabras Prestadas.
Further information:
Full details including the rules and a lesson plan for teachers are on nzgivenwords.blogspot.co.nz
For further information you can write to [email protected]
nzgivenwords.blogspot.co.nz
http://poetryday.co.nz/