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Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet

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Tag: 24-hour Poem Competition

Posted on 20 July 201810 July 2018

Countdown to the Competition – five weeks to NPD

It’s getting closer – only five weeks to go. This week’s word cloud is made from the contents pages of Hannah Mettner’s Fully Clothed and So Forgetful, which took out the Jessie Mackay Award (aka the Best First Poetry Collection prize) at this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Again, you’d just about buy this for …

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Posted on 13 July 201810 July 2018

Countdown to the Competition – six weeks to NPD

This week’s word cloud is made from the Contents pages of Elizabeth Smither’s lovely Night Horse, which took out Best Poetry Collection at this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. (The colours of the cloud are taken from the book cover, because I like to play with that sort of thing.) And while it’s true that you …

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Posted on 6 July 20186 July 2018

Countdown to the Competition – seven weeks to NPD

To help you warm up for the 24-Hour Poem Competition, I thought I’d give you a weekly word-cloud to contemplate. Who knows, maybe it’ll even get you writing something. This week it’s made up of words from the competition blurb. In coming weeks I’ll give you clouds made from the contents pages of the five …

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Posted on 2 July 20182 July 2018

Preparing for National Poetry Day – two events!

Some very blatant pimping: I’m putting together two things for this year’s National Poetry Day, which takes place on Friday August 24th. The first, as those of you who visit regularly may have feared, is my own version of the CV2 Two-Day Poem Contest: The 2018 National Poetry Day 24-Hour Poem Competition Yep, that’s right. …

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