The Poets XYZ Competition

The Poets XYZ Competition: Celebrating Poetry Written for Children

SLANZA is delighted to be collaborating with The Poets XYZ offering this online space to host their annual poetry competition winners and resources.
This collaboration underscores our shared commitment to foster reading for pleasure by nurturing the creation of high-quality poetry for children and providing a vibrant platform to celebrate this vital genre. By supporting poets who craft engaging verses for young minds, we're helping to lay the foundation for a lifelong love of reading.

Find out more about the XYZ Poets and their mahi here.

Calling all poets! If you write poetry for children, there's still time to enter The Poets XYZ "Around the World" Poetry Competition.
Free to enter
Open to New Zealand writers aged 18+
Submit up to three original poems for readers aged 5–12
Winning poem receives a $50 book voucher
Judged by Bill Nagelkerke
Entries close midnight, Friday 31 July, with the winning poem celebrated on National Poetry Day!
Find out more and enter here: https://forms.gle/VbSJrzm6D23w1tvq7
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For more info email [email protected] or visit us on Facebook at The Poets XYZ

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