Here’s Landing Press’s new project for 2021: an anthology of poems about housing

Whether you own a house, rent or are homeless, housing is a source of nostalgia and comfort, a source of stress and fear, a changing landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand. We want to hear anything you have to say about housing.

We want poems by people who have written a lot. We want poems by people who have never written before but have something to say. If you haven’t written before and would like some help, we’ll help you. 

You can send us up to 3 poems. Maximum length of each poem 40 lines. Put each poem on a separate page, and with each poem, include your name and contact details (email address, postal address and ph no). There also might be a small story behind your poem you want to include. 

Send your poems to landingpresshousing21@gmail.com  by Friday 18 June  2021. 

And please forward this information to anyone who might be interested.

We plan to publish this anthology in October 2021. All writers included in the anthology will get a complimentary copy of the book.

Landing Press is a small Wellington publisher of poems that many people can enjoy. Our most recent book, Somewhere a cleaner, is a collection of poems by cleaners. 

 

FfFast Fibres Poetry 8 call for submissions

The theme of Fast Fibres Poetry 8 this year is open. 

We invite poets with a strong Northland connection to submit 3 of your best poems.

Please include a two line biographical statement.

Deadline: June 11  

Send submissions by email:fastfibres@live.com

Note: Each poem should preferably be no longer than 20 lines single spaced and typed in 12 pt. Times New Roman. Poems must be submitted as a single Word document with your name in the filename. PDFs and handwritten submissions will not be considered.

Fast Fibres will be launched in print and online on National Poetry Day, August 27, 2021

Website

Would love to step through the portal to be there for this – reading Dante in Italian was a university highlight for me all those years ago!

We’re in the Auckland Writers Festival! The amazing Mele Peaua will lead a team of four writers from Somewhere a cleaner, introduced by co-writer Janice Marriott. If you’re in Auckland, Saturday 15 May 5pm, join us.

You don’t need to go to Auckland! Several writers from the book join cleaner/musician Don Franks for an hour in the Aro Valley Community Centre. Sunday 28 March, 4.00pm.

Also an open mic for poems about cleaning/cleaners. Coffee and cake (bring your own cup), koha.

Semira Davis is currently running a Boosted campaign and looking to spread the word beyond her own social circle. 

The campaign is to publish a narrative sequence of poetry that was Runner-Up in the 2019 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award. 

It’s a story about the grief of losing a sibling to incarceration. 
Here is a link to the project.

NFFD 2021 is open through 30 April!  

Submit your best 300-word stories! 

See an interview with the judges for the 2021 competition: Rachel Smith speaks with Diane Brown and Paula Morris.  

Coming soon: an interview with youth judge Kerry Lane. 

The youth competition moved in 2020 to an international competition with free entry – curated by the youth journal fingers comma toes.  All youth writers welcome!
 

Note that the youth comp, for ages up to 19, has no competition fee and is international! Please share the news!


Upates have been posted for the international 2021 MICRO MADNESS competition – opening in April! Judges this year are Alison Glennyand Grant Faulkner. Micro information, and last year’s winners, are here.  
 

NFFD events will take place 22 June 2021 in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Northland, Waikato and Wellingtonwith international online events as well.

Otago University Press warmly invites you to celebrate the launch of Kate Edger: The life of a pioneering feminist by Diana Morrow.

In 1877, Kate Edger became the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. She went on to become a pioneer of women’s education in New Zealand and worked tirelessly to mitigate violence against women and children. Diana Morrow tells the story of this remarkable woman’s life and, in the process, provides valuable insights into the role of women social reformers in our history and Edger’s place within a distinctive strand of Christian feminism.

For more about the book

When: 6pm, Wednesday 7 April

Where: The Women’s Bookshop, 105 Ponsonby Road, Auckland
RSVP to publicity@otago.ac.nz by 1 April

*Please note, this event will only take place if Auckland is at Alert Level 1