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17 Sept 2025Poetry Day 2025 lights up Aotearoa
09 Aug 2025Calling all poets aged teens to 25-ish!
We want to hear your voices — loud, proud, quiet, raw, hilarious, heartfelt, or surprising — as part of our Young Poets Video Campaign in the lead-up to Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, happening on Friday 22 August.
Whether you’re a page poet, a performance pro, or just starting to experiment with words, this is your moment to jump in and celebrate the power of poetry on your own terms.
The Challenge
Create a video (90 seconds or less) that brings a poem to life — in your voice, your style, your way.
How to Enter
Win!
The most creative video will win a bundle of five hot new poetry books, hand-picked for you — worth around $150.
We may also feature standout entries on our own social channels, so your work could end up in the national spotlight.
Want to be featured?
We’d love to amplify your voice. DM us your video or email us a link only (no attachments over 5MB) to poetryday@nzbookawards.nz so we don’t miss it — and we can share it too!
Spread the word
If you're part of a youth poetry group, school lit club, or know a few other writers — invite them to join in! Let’s flood the internet with poetry in the week leading up to Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day.