SARAH BROOM POETRY PRIZE - entries close 6 March

The Sarah Broom Poetry Prize aims to provide recognition for a New Zealand poet, and a financial contribution to support their work.

The prize was established in 2013 in honour of the New Zealand poet Sarah Broom (1972-2013), the author of Tigers at Awhitu (2010) and Gleam (2013).

Entries are now open and close at 5pm on 6 March 2015.

Now in its second year, the Sarah Broom Poetry Prize is run in conjunction with the Auckland Writers Festival. Shortlisted poets will be invited to read their poetry at a dedicated poetry event at the Festival in May 2015, where the winner will be announced.

Sarah Broom

In 2015 the guest judge is the Irish poet Vona Groarke. One of the leading Irish poets of her generation, Groarke has published six collections with Gallery Press, the latest being X, (2014), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Others include Spindrift (2010), Flight (2002), which won the Michael Hartnett Award, and her translation from Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill's eighteenth-century Irish, Lament of Art O'Leary (2008), which is currently being adapted as an opera by Irish composer, Irene Buckley. Groarke teaches poetry in the Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester in the U.K. and is the editor of Poetry Ireland Review.

The value of the prize in 2015 is $12, 000.

For more information about the prize and Sarah Broom visit www.sarahbroom.co.nz

HOW TO ENTER

The prize is awarded on the basis of an original collection of poems by a New Zealand resident or citizen. Entries will be accepted until 6 March 2015. Poets are required to submit 6-8 poems, of which at least 5 must be unpublished.

Entries should be emailed to poetryprize@sarahbroom.co.nz

Any queries should be emailed to enquiries@sarahbroom.co.nz

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

1. Poets are required to submit 6-8 poems of which at least 5 must be unpublished. 

2. There is no maximum or minimum length – formatting and font size is your choice.

3. Entrants must be New Zealand permanent residents or citizens.

4. Only one entry per person will be accepted.

5. Entries must be the author’s original work. Any use of quotation must be acknowledged by attribution to its source.

6. Entries must be submitted as one electronic file per entrant, in Word or PDF format. Please include a brief cover letter with your contact details explaining what influences your work and how you would use the award money. Page numbering and the author’s name should appear as a header on each page of the submission.

7. The judging panel will assess the merits of submissions and reserve the right not to award a prize.

8. The prize recipient will be announced at the Auckland Writers Festival in May 2015 and in other appropriate publications.

9. No correspondence with the judging panel will be entered into.

8. The name and photograph of the prize recipient may be used by the Sarah Broom Poetry Trust for publicity purposes.