Ōtautahi Christchurch Poetry Slam 2025 - Get Ready!

 

Announcing the dates of the 2025 Ōtautahi Poetry Slam.

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. 

Fuego vol. 3 and National Poetry Day

 

detail from cover artwork: 'Frida Catrina' by Alex Diaz.

 

August 22 is National Poetry Day in Aotearoa and also the traditional launch day for Fuego the World Congress of Poets literary journal, edited by Doc Drumheller and published by The Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press.

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.

Incoming!

 

Deadline 1st July: call for submissions Fuego vol. 3

 

 

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.

• Email submissions only.
• Submissions must be previously unpublished and not submitted elsewhere for publication.
• Please send no more than five poems in English and a short BIO to: fuego.wcpjournal.submissions@gmail.com
• Please keep your BIO to no more than 100 words, otherwise we reserve the right to edit.
• Please also include in the subject line: Your Name and Submission e.g: 'Doc Drumheller, WCP Journal Submission'.
• Submissions that do not follow this guideline will not be opened. Please help us avoid spam!
• Send work attached as a Word document. Send all your poems and BIO in one attachment please and include your email and postal address.
• Use Times New Roman 12pt font, single spaced, with no header, footers or any other formatting.
• We reserve the right to make minor edits to layout for publication.
• The deadline for submissions is 1 July 2025.

Deadline! Catalyst vol. 22 accepting submissions until 1st April 2025

 

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!