And the winner is...

And the winner is...

Posted: Thursday Dec 16, 2021

Congratulations to the winners of the National Poetry Day 2021 Shape Poetry competition

The awards for our National Poetry Day Shape Poetry competition were presented at our National Poetry Day celebrations on Thursday 9th December.


The winners of the adult section were:

1st: Madeleine Child with Take a Body

2nd: Liz Breslin with Orange-You-Glad

3rd: Susan Wardell with Self-Portrait as a Bowl of Fruit


The youth (under 18) winners were:

1st: Karuna Yang with My Hen

2nd: Lochie Grant with We Are One

3rd: Brooklyn Fahey with Tornado


You can read the winning entries HERE

A huge thank you to all of the poets, musicians, the Otago-Southland NZ Society of Authors, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature, Phantom National Poetry Day and University Bookshop Otago for making this wonderful event possible.