Judged by Elizabeth Smither

First Prize: $250.00
Second Prize: $100.00
Two runners up will receive one year’s subscription to Takahē

Unpublished poems of up to 50 lines long on any theme will be accepted.
Entry Fee: $5 per poem

Entry Forms can be downloaded here:

Each poem should be printed on one side of A4 and posted to:

Takahē 2017 Poetry Competition
PO Box 13-335
Christchurch
New Zealand

to be received no later than August 31
no email entries please

Result will be published in Takahē issue 91 (December 2017)

This new name commemorates Monica Taylor, a one-time contributor to Takahē
She represents all those whose publication in its pages brings unexpected delight.