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Saturday 26 August 2023
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Tuesday 1 August 2023
Given Words from Andalusia, 2023
This year students of López de Arenas Secondary School in Marchena (in the province of Seville, Spain) did a project with their philosophy teacher Antonio Martín, making creative word videos from which we have selected the five words for Given Words 2023. You can watch all of their 'word videos' here.
We invite you to write a poem which includes the five words and send it to us before midnight on 25 August, National Poetry Day. Please see the full rules below.
We will award prizes for the Best Poem and the Best Poem by Under-16s. The winners will receive books courtesy of The Cuba Press and Massey University Press (see below).
And the five words are…
(If for some reason you cannot see or hear the words in
the video you will find them at the bottom of this post.)
the video you will find them at the bottom of this post.)
THE RULES:
– The theme is up to you.
– The poem must include the five words.
– The poem must include the five words.
– The words can be in English or Spanish (although be careful if using the words in Spanish because the meanings and verb constructions vary from the English!) Your poem can also be in Spanish or multilingual, but please include an English translation for the judges.
– The words can be in any order.
– You may change the tense of verbs and change nouns between plural and singular. (For example, broken can be an adjective or a verb, and so can change to break, broke or broken, but cannot be used as the noun break or the adjective broke. Reflection is a noun so can be singular or plural but cannot be changed to reflect or reflected.)
– Maximum length 200 words.
– Use of AI in the process of writing the poem is permitted but must be declared.
– The words can be in any order.
– You may change the tense of verbs and change nouns between plural and singular. (For example, broken can be an adjective or a verb, and so can change to break, broke or broken, but cannot be used as the noun break or the adjective broke. Reflection is a noun so can be singular or plural but cannot be changed to reflect or reflected.)
– Maximum length 200 words.
– Use of AI in the process of writing the poem is permitted but must be declared.
– Entry is free and open to all NZ citizens and residents.
– Only one poem per person.
– Poems by under-16s must also include the age of the poet. We would prefer parents or teachers to send the poem on the child's behalf.
– FOR TEACHERS: We have prepared a lesson plan for teachers. You are very welcome to get your classes to participate, but please help us out by only sending in a selection of up to 10 of the best poems from your students.
– Participation means you allow us to reproduce your poem on Given Words.
– The deadline for entry is midnight on 25 August 2023.
– Only one poem per person.
– Poems by under-16s must also include the age of the poet. We would prefer parents or teachers to send the poem on the child's behalf.
– FOR TEACHERS: We have prepared a lesson plan for teachers. You are very welcome to get your classes to participate, but please help us out by only sending in a selection of up to 10 of the best poems from your students.
– Participation means you allow us to reproduce your poem on Given Words.
– The deadline for entry is midnight on 25 August 2023.
Submit your poem by email including your full name and town of residence + age if under 16 to: nzgivenwords@gmail.com
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Winning poems will be selected by Charles Olsen, Mikaela Nyman and Sophia Wilson.
Mikaela Nyman writes poetry, fiction and non-fiction in English and Swedish. Widely anthologised, most recently in No Other Place to Stand (2022) and Madness: a world poetry anthology (2023). The 2021 Writer in Residence for Massey University and Palmerston North City. Her debut poetry collection was shortlisted for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2020. Her second poetry collection is out in August. This year's Lysaght-Watt R H Morrieson literary awards poetry judge.
Sophia Wilson grew up on unceded Anaiwan land in Australia and is now based in southern Aotearoa New Zealand. An arts graduate and former mental health worker, she is the author of Sea Skins, a poetry collection published in 2023 by flying island books.
Charles Olsen is an artist, poet and filmmaker based in Spain. His third poetry collection, La rebeldía del sol ('Rebellious Sun') is published by Olifante Ediciones de Poesía. He will be participating in the inaugural Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival in Wellington in November 2023.
About the prizes
The winner of Best Poem will receive Iris and Me by Philippa Werry, courtesy of The Cuba Press, and A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha edited by Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy, courtesy of Massey University Press.
The winner of Best Poem by Under-16s will also receive Iris and Me by Philippa Werry, courtesy of The Cuba Press, and the soon-to-be-published Ziggle!, The Len Lye Art Activity Book by Rebecca Fawkner, courtesy of Massey University Press.
Read Paula Green's review of Iris and Me on Poetry Box.
Read TK Roxborogh's review of A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha on Kete Books.
(The five words are: broken/roto, reflection/reflejo, disappear/desaparecer, path/camino, and paint/pintar)
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