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2020 Poetry Competition Results

Time to announce the winners of the 2020 Poems in the Waiting Room Poetry Competition The 2020 competition winners have all been notified, and I’ve emailed everyone, who provided me with an email address, to let them know the results are … Continue reading

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PitWR 2020 poetry competition

Take a seat and read all the entry conditions below. Apologies for such a long scroll but hopefully the information will answer any questions you may have. Conditions of Entry: Information on how to enter and prizes form part of … Continue reading

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The 2019 competition has closed

Now the competition has closed I can tell you we received 389 poems from 202 poets -a record number of entries. After Diane Brown agreed to judge our competition she heard she had been awarded a residency at the Michael … Continue reading

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Our 2019 Poetry Competition

The PitWR trustees would like to thank  Otago University Press and Otago University Bookshop for their long-term support of our annual poetry competition. We welcome Karen McDonnell to our sponsorship team.  Karen owns The Wardrobe in South Dunedin.  Earlier in the year Karen opened The Wardrobe  for two … Continue reading

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2018 Poetry Competition

Please read the competition entry conditions carefully before posting your poems. Several entries have not been accompanied by the correct entry fee, have asked for a receipt and have had the poet’s name typed on the poem. For full entry … Continue reading

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Our 2018 Poetry Competition

The PitWR trustees would like to thank  Otago University Press and Otago University Bookshop for their long-term support of our annual poetry competition. We welcome Diane Brown’s Creative Writing Dunedin to our sponsorship team. Conditions of Entry: Information on how to enter and prizes form part … Continue reading

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2017 Poetry competition

The PitWR trustees would like to thank  Otago University Press and Otago University Bookshop for their long-term support of our annual poetry competition. And we welcome Dunedin’s theartdept.org to our sponsorship team. The Conditions of Entry look terrifyingly long but I … Continue reading

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2016 Poetry Competition Results

Time to announce the winners of  the 2016 Poems in the Waiting Room (NZ) poetry competition   The 2016 competition winners have all been notified, and I’ve emailed everyone, who provided me with an email address, to let them know … Continue reading

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Competition entries

Because I am a ‘listie’ sort of person, well it’s better than being listless,  I’ve kept a spreadsheet of all the poetry competition entries, names and addresses.  And look where the entries have arrived from: Auckland, Coromandel, Kapiti, Picton, Dunedin, … Continue reading

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One hungry letterbox

We’re regular walkers, and spoilt for choice in Dunedin. There are three beaches we can wander to from home, and then there’s suburban pavements, the town belt area, Ross Creek, the walkway/cycle path to St Leonards, the loop around the … Continue reading

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