The NZPS anthology saga continues (even more)

I spent pretty much all of Monday getting the proof copies out so that all the contributors can check their poems. It’s a simple enough job, but it always takes sooooooooo much longer than I expect. Even when, like this year, I’m mostly sending out pdf proofs by email rather than posting paper copies.

My humble apologies to anyone who got a garbled, inaccurate and/or incomplete proof package.

As a matter of interest, I thought I’d list the names of all the contributors below. Pleasing to see all the new faces, and well as those poets who I’ve enjoyed reading before. I think that’s the most enjoyable aspect of doing this job two years in a row – being impressed by the work of someone new last year, and then having the delightful surprise of finding that I’ve selected a poem by them again this year. (If nothing else, it suggests that I’m moderately consistent in my choices.)

This year we had 123 poets selected for inclusion in the anthology. Congratulations if your name is on the list below, and my apologies if you aren’t. (And if your name is on the list, but you’ve not received your proof copies or launch invitation, get in touch with me asap!