2021 YNZW Day Out
Registration details here - email youngnzwriters@gmail for your spot
Congratulations to 2021 competition winners
First Place:
A Business Card, by Charlotte Donderwinkel, Matamata Intermediate School (Year 7) Second Place: A Typical Day At The Planet Animalia Zoological Park, by Helena Ho, Berkley Normal Middle School (Year 8) Third Place: A Dastardly Deed, by Ekam Kaur Minhas, Ohaupo Primary School (Year 8) Highly Commended: The legend of Hoiha, by Franky Sefton, Kerikeri High School (Year 8) Editor’s Choice: Hard to Swallow by Alex Gibson, Sumner School (Year 8) |
Poetry
Winner Bound for His Telescope by Samuel Nelson Davies, Year 13, St Andrews College Highly Commended A Shadow by Emi O Connor, Year 10, Palmerston North Girls’ High School The Monster by Kiriana Little, Year 9, Garin College Short Stories Junior Secondary School Winner SUBJECT 19 by Jonte Savage, Year 9, Kuranui College Senior Secondary School Winner LUNCH WITH TANYA by Abigail Connelly, Year 13, New Plymouth Girls’ High School Highly Commended Stories A MOA AND A VERY SMALL BIRD by Evie Doull, Year 9, Kerikeri High School THE GLUTEN FREE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE by Thomas Clark, Year 10, Green Bay High School PATUPAIAREHE by Ruby Hollister, Year 10, Diocesan School for Girls BREAK OUT by Rahil Uddin, Year 10, Riccarton High School ALL HAIL ALICE by Natalie Sou, Year 10, Orewa College HONEYMOON by Piper-mae Walker-wilkinson, Year 13, Motueka High School Commended Stories IT’S ONLY NATURAL by Sydney Brandolino, Year 11, Westlake Girls’ High School GREED by Charlotte Gregan, Year 12, Maniototo Area School Editor’s Choice FORGET ME NOT by Lenaine Merylees-Clarke, Year 12, Hukarere Girls’ College |
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NZATE is pleased to announce the 2021 NZATE Youth Writing Competition.
This year, we’re looking for the best student flash fiction from around New Zealand. We’re seeking writing 300 words or less. Students can submit on any theme. Entries close on the 9th of July, end of Term Two, and the top three entries in each category will be published in English in Aotearoa, as well as receiving prize money for themselves and their schools. There are three categories from Years 7 to 13. For further details, contact English in Aotearoa editor, Laura Borrowdale, on editor@nzate.org.nz. |
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New Zealand Poetry Society
Supporting and promoting poets and poetry in New Zealand CALL FOR STUDENT BOOK REVIEWERS We are currently calling for students who would like to write book reviews for the New Zealand Poetry Society. These micro-reviews must be 250-500 words long, excluding quotations. Selected students will be able to keep their review book as payment. All micro-reviews will be published on the NZPS website. At the end of the year, we will also pick the best student review to receive a prize fit for a writer. If you are interested, please email Emma Shi at reviews@poetrysociety.org.nz with your place of study as well as a sample of your work. For more information, click on the link: https://poetrysociety.org.nz/2020/01/28/call-for-student-book-reviewers/ |
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