Well, it's all over. I have survived thirty days of writing a poem-draft every day (or "for" every day), and posting them publicly. What did I learn, what did I gain, what did I lose, and was it worth it? Certainly the challenge of a poem every day was harder than I expected. Having only just emerged …
NZPS Anthology 2008 … the saga continues
Well we now have a title: I've gone with Before the Sirocco. It's a lovely evocative title, and I think does a good job of catching the mood of the poems. So many this year are ... well, almost despairing. Sad, angry, regretful, passionate, rueful. Appropriate poems for a planet in trouble? Nothing overtly greenie, …
The difference between judging and editing
I've just about finished making the selections for the anthology. Everything has been read, re-read, and re-reread. Longlists have been compiled, and shortlists are emerging. Fingers crossed, I should be able to get notifications out by the end of next week. The mechanics of selection are pretty much the same for judging a competition and …
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Things to avoid when entering a poetry competition
I thought it might be interesting to post a couple of times through the process of editing this year's NZPS anthology. There's no official secrecy about it, but an awful lot of people don't seem to know how the process works. So lets start with some real duh moments. The first time I edited the …
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