Prelim is Wednesday 3rd September, 7pm
Grand Slam Wednesday 10th September, 7pm
Door Entry: $15 both nights (participants free!)
The top 10 entrants from the Preliminary Heat will progress through to the Grand Slam and the chance to be crowned Slam Champ of Ōtautahi 2025. The Champ and runner-up will have entry into the NZ Poetry Slam in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, dates TBC (November).
IMPORTANT: check out the rules of the Poetry Slam here.
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| detail from cover artwork: 'Frida Catrina' by Alex Diaz. |
Fire meets water. Volume 3 features poems from Ashley-Rakahuri River Estuary Young Writers competition, haiku from KidsFest's Haiku Hikes and literary works from New Zealand's leading and emerging writers. There are two feature sections highlighting poetry from Mexico and China as well as the usual melting pot of work from around the globe.
Fuego vol. 3 was launched with a special event at Rangiora Library on National Poetry Day including readings from several featured poets and local children.
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| Image credit: Man on fire by: @andref.photo (Unsplash) |
Fuego - The World Congress of Poets Literary Journal
A reminder that the annual deadline for Fuego (volume 3) is 1st July 2025
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Please read carefully - submissions that do not follow the guidelines below will not be considered.
We are now accepting submissions for vol. 22 of Catalyst.
Catalyst
predominantly publishes poetry and experimental forms of fiction/prose as
well as visual art and design. We are also interested in fusions of the
above.
Please carefully review the submissions guidelines as we may not read or consider submissions that don't adhere to them.
The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 1st April 2025.
For further details and the email address for submitting, please visit the submission guidelines page at the link above. Looking forward to reading your work!
Come visit Hotel Theresa, the latest collection of poetry by Doc Drumheller, published by Cold Hub Press, with support from Christchurch City Creative Communities funding.
The Hotel Theresa is a landmark in Harlem, New York City, where legendary figures like Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali made their New York stay-overs. After visiting this iconic hotel, poet Doc Drumheller was inspired to write and collect poems based on his travels, exploring the world as a dual citizen of New Zealand and the USA. The poems in this collection were composed on his journeys in New Zealand, and throughout the USA, Asia, Europe, and Central America.
For those unfamiliar with Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press publisher and editor-in-chief, Doc Drumheller is an award-winning poet, musician, dramatist, who has published 11 collections of poetry. His poems have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the editor and publisher of the New Zealand literary journal Catalyst.
He was elected to represent New Zealand on the Executive Board of the World Congress of Poets, and is the editor in chief of the World Congress of Poets literary journal Fuego. He has appeared at international poetry festivals all over the world, and has performed in Cuba, Lithuania, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Japan, India, China, Nicaragua, USA, Mexico, El Salvador, Ecuador, and widely throughout NZ.
His previous collection, Drinking With Li Bai, 100 Haiku from China and India, was published, with a memorable launch at Scorpio Books, by Cold Hub Press in 2022.
Our awkward little Xmas Xine returns! Submissions are open for Christmas-themed poetry contributions.
The limited edition zine will be released just in time for Christmas in an openly cynical act of tinsel-tinged capitalism. The perfect gift for friends and enemies alike! Get amongst.
Who will be the 2024 Ōtautahi Poetry Slam Champion?
With a line-up that includes former Slam Champs, runners-up and Slam veterans it's surely going to be a poetically fierce feast - what a treat! Join us for the spectacle and your door sales contribute to travel for our Champ to contest the NZ Poetry Slam in Tāmaki Makaurau-Auckland this November.
