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Running the Given Words poetry competition for New Zealand's Phantom National Poetry Day, 25 August 2023 #nzpoetryday

 Wellington City, New Zealand
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Joined October 2016
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Thank you everyone for your entries today! Congrats to @beverleystevens , our winner today, lesson learnt!
Beverley Stevens (@beverleystevens) profile pictureBeverley Stevens@beverleystevens3 Aug 2023
A broken leg gave him ample time for reflection: given how it disappeared at dusk, it had been a grave error to paint the path matt black. #RāmereShorts
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If you'd like to know more about Given Words, our partners for today's #RāmereShorts, you can check out the competition here! nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/
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Calling all poets, #rāmereshorts friends and anyone else who loves words! This year's @GivenWords comp has opened for entries, with prizes from @TheCubaPress @NZPoetryDay #amwriting #givenwords read-nz.org/new-zealand-book…
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This year's @GivenWords competition produced some beautiful new poems. We share the winning pieces on our blog 🌊📝💙 #nzpoetry @NZPoetryDay @Charles_Olsen read-nz.org/new-zealand-book…
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Poetry Shelf Celebrates: Winners of Given Words 2021 read their poems nzpoetryshelf.com/2021/09/23…
Poetry Shelf Celebrates: Winners of Given Words 2021 read their poems

Poetry Shelf Celebrates: Winners of Given Words 2021 read their poems

The winners of the Given Words competition for Phantom National Poetry Day were announced last Friday 17 September. The director of Given Words, Charles Olsen, invited poets Pat White, Savarna Yang…

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We will launch Phantom National Poetry Day's Event Calendar for 2021 on the 5th August, but remember the Competition Calendar is live now and we are adding competitions all the time! nzbookawards.nz/national-poe… #NZPoetryDay #NZpoetry
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ICYMI: We have the winning @GivenWords poems published on our blog! 'I am a Blue Whale Heart' and 'Attic'. Both worth clicking through to read! 📝📝#newpoetry read-nz.org/new-zealand-book…
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Happy @NZPoetryDay 21 August 2020 from Madrid, Spain! My poem 'Urban Landscape' is featured in a new track from @WebsterMusicHQ which you can enjoy in full here: smarturl.it/urbanlandscape And that's me scooting across the plaza ;-) Turn on sound! #NZPoetryDay
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'The best plants to take home are dancers.' I'm enjoying Carolyn McCurdie's poetry from @MakaroPress including 'Planting cabbages', which Anna Borrie and I read here: antenablue.com/2017/10/poem-… #NZPoetryDay @NZPoetryDay
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Poetry Box call out: I would love to post children reading a poem of their own or by someone else (audio or video) for a National Poetry Day gathering. With parental permission. Need by this Thursday. DM me.
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''It's dare we say... perfect." Congratulations again Selina Tusitala Marsh - 'Mophead' is this year's Margaret Mahy Book of the Year! ✨✨ #BooksAlive @nzcya #nzbooks
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Who will join us and play #givenwords this year? You have until August 21 (#PoetryDay) to take the 5 given words and write a poem. #RāmereShorts friends? Find the words, and more info here: nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/
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It's August! Our Calendar of Events for National Poetry Day launches on Tuesday Aug 4th, and we'll be sharing lots of events, doing some giveaways and posting Q & As with our Ockham shortlisted poets! Keep an eye on our feed and pages... #PoetryDay
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📝💛 Given Words is an invitation to write a poem with 5 chosen words. They'll be announced on August 1 and you can enter until the 21st (@NZPoetryDay!) We think you'll like this, #RāmereShorts crew @Charles_Olsen #nzpoetry read-nz.org/new-zealand-book…
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Arriving on the 24 July, the new single from Webster Collective @WebsterMusicHQ featuring this cool dude and his poetry.
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Breathing Out, Breathing In: Renee Liang reviews All of Us by Adrienne Jansen and Carina Gallegos (Landing Press, 2018), and More of Us edited by Adrienne Jansen, Clare Arnot, Danushka Devindra and Wesley Hollis (Landing Press, 2019). landfallreview.com/breathing…
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''We were not only looking for the quality of the poems but ... the original and unexpected uses of the 5 words.'' Remember the #GivenWords poetry competition? @Charles_Olsen shares the results, incl the winning poems on our blog today #RamereShorts bit.ly/2lVt14B
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We have some big news to share with you! The NZ Book Council is becoming Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. The move will better reflect the work we do to promote reading in Aotearoa NZ. Read more about this change here: read-nz.org/new-zealand-book…
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Two poems from More of Us, launched by Landing Press today on World Race Relations Day nzpoetryshelf.com/2019/03/21…
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Perfect for a wet day escape Poetry Shelf audio spot: Charles Olsen reads 'Inland' – 'Tierra adentro' nzpoetryshelf.com/2019/07/04… via @PaulaJoyGreen
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