2024 Prizes

 

First Prize

  • A $500 cash prize for the winner
  • A $500 book grant for the winner’s school library
  • An invitation to attend a one-day poetry masterclass at the International Institute of Modern Letters on Saturday 24 August 2024, including flights and one night’s accommodation at the Bolton Hotel for students outside the Greater Wellington region.
  • A year’s membership of the Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
  • A year’s membership of the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA)
  • A year’s subscription to leading New Zealand literary journal Landfall

 

Runners-up Prizes

  • A $100 cash prize
  • An invitation to attend a one-day poetry masterclass at the International Institute of Modern Letters on Saturday 24 August 2024, including flights and one night’s accommodation at the Bolton Hotel for students outside the Greater Wellington region.
  • A year’s membership of the Read NZ Te Pou Muramura