Open for entries Monday 26th February 2024
Entries open: 25th February 2024
Entries close: 1st May 2024
Theme: Reading
Total prize money of $500 will be awarded as follows:
Winning entries will be announced at Page & Stage Poetry on Saturday May 18th during the festival.
Write a poem on the theme: reading
In the preferred format:
Your entry must be in either a Word or PDF document that does not have your identifying details in it so that judging can remain anonymous.
There is a $5 entry fee for each entry, you can enter up to three poems in one submission.
Entry fees will be donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, minus processing fees.
Entries must be the original work of the entrant.
The author retains ownership of their work, but grants Kyogle Readers & Writers Festival permission to use the work in festival promotion.
Entries will be judged by an independent panel of three poets from the local region.
You can submit up to three entries in one go. You will be redirected to pay entry fees once you hit submit.
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Kate Maxwell for Urban Birdsong
Brid Morahan for Origin
Stephanie Powell for Chlorine
Angela Szczotko for Dirty Red
Kathryn Goldie for Tide, 2022
Ana Davis for Black Swans
Jasmyne Marahuyo for Christmas Ritual
Peter Matthews for Lockdown
Emily Coleman For Cerebral Cage
Fran Graham for Personal Best
Ella Stathis for Xenos