Given Words

And the five words are… nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/20… @NZPoetryDay @masseyunipress @TheCubaPress

Listen to the 2022 Given Words winners read their poems on NZ Poetry Shelf: nzpoetryshelf.com/2023/06/23… @NZPoetryDay @masseyunipress @TheCubaPress

Something special for everyone interested in poetry and film in New Zealand!

We are delighted to announce the winning poems of Given Words 2022, and share a selection of 35 of the 167 entries. See: nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/20… @NZPoetryDay @TheCubaPress #nzpoetryday @nzbookcouncil #givenwords @NZPS

¡Hola amigos! For Aotearoa Spanish Language Week (15–21 August) we invite you to watch listen to poems by New Zealand poets in Spanish translation on a terrace in Madrid: pensamientoslentos.blogspot.… More on #ASLW on @CAPELatAm @readnz @NZPoetryDay @NZPS

We have published the five words for Given Words 2022 – Honduras edition! Find them here: nzgivenwords.blogspot.com Send us your poem by midnight on 26 August. @NZPoetryDay #NZPoetryDay #NZPoetry @0800Phantom @nzbookcouncil @NZPS @TheCubaPress

It has been wonderful reading all the entries! And we are delighted to announce the winners… nzgivenwords.blogspot.com/20… #nzpoetryday #givenwords

We now have an Instagram profile with beautiful images and words instagram.com/givenwords/ Come and see! #nzpoetryday #givenwords

We have published the five words for Given Words! Find them here: nzgivenwords.blogspot.com Send us your poem by midnight on 27 August. @NZPoetryDay #NZPoetryDay #NZPoetry #NohoMai @0800Phantom @nzbookcouncil @NZPS @MakaroPress @TheCubaPress

Our collaborative te reo Māori poetry film NOHO MAI will feature in this year's Given Words for @0800Phantom @NZPoetryDay 27 August 2021. Go and see it this Tuesday 6 June in Auckland at a free event for the Matariki festival! Details: matarikifestival.org.nz/2021…

Te reo poetry film wins a major Irish award!

Well worth a read! The winning poems from this year's Given Words published on @nzbookcouncil – read-nz.org/new-zealand-book… @NZPoetryDay #NZPoetryDay

We received some wonderful poems for National Poetry Day 2020. We invite you to read the winners and selected poems on: nzgivenwords.blogspot.co.nz Big thanks to Landing Press, @TheCubaPress, @nzbookcouncil and @NZPoetryDay and everyone who participated. #NZPoetryDay

Happy National Poetry Day 21 August 2020. You've got until midnight tonight NZ time to send in your poem for the Given Words competition! Full details here: nzgivenwords.blogspot.co.nz Adults and Under-16s prizes courtesy of @TheCubaPress and #LandingPress @NZPoetryDay #NZPoetryDay

Write a poem with these five words in it by 21 August to participate in Given Words for National Poetry Day. Details in: nzgivenwords.blogspot.co.nz Open to NZ citizens and residents of all ages. Words presented by @Charles_Olsen #nzpoetryday @NZPoetryDay @nzbookcouncil @TheCubaPress

Reading Elizabeth Brooke-Carr's beautiful poetry collection 'Wanting to tell you everything', presented last month by the Caselberg Trust in Dunedin @acityofstories. It includes three poems she wrote for Given Words, including 'All this' which won Best Poem in 2017. #NZPoetryDay

One for the diary. 1 August we kick off at nzgivenwords.blogspot.co.nz Awards for Best Poem and Best Poem by Under-16s. Part of @NZPoetryDay 21 August 2020. #nzpoetry #getcreativewithwords #poetryplaytime @nzbookcouncil

Delighted to announce the winning poems from Given Words for #NZPoetryDay 2019 have been translated into Spanish on: libropalabrasprestadas.blogs… @nzbookcouncil @NZPoetryDay @palabraprestada

Antípodas by @Charles_Olsen. A suitcase full of poems. This poetry collection takes us from the everyday to surreal moments, with touches of humour and mystery, without abandoning the sublime imagery characteristic of the author. #nzpoetry #nzpoet #bilingual

What happened to these words? Well, we've received some fantastic poems… Read them now at nzgivenwords.blogspot.co.nz #NZPoetryDay @NZPoetryDay