To celebrate National Poetry Day 2019 we are thrilled to announce the winners of the Poetry New Zealand Student Poetry Competition 2019, judged by Yearbook 2020 editor Johanna Emeney.
First prize, Year 11: Poppy Hayward — ABCDEFGHIJLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Second prize, Year 11: Holly Willis — Hold
Third prize, Year 11: Lucy Barge — he breaks faultlines
First prize (equal), Year 12: E Wen Wong — Boston Building Blocks
First prize (equal), Year 12: Annabelle Fenn — October
Third prize, Year 12: Cadence Chung — These bodies do not hold us
First prize, Year 13: Phoebe Robertson — She is . . .
Second prize, Year 13: Bella Sexton — The bus trip
Third prize, Year 13: Phoebe Robertson — Kiwi attitude.
Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to everyone who entered. You can read all the winning entries here, and the first prize winners will be published in Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2020, releasing in March next year.
