NZ Poetry Society Anthology | Published Poets

Congratulations to newly published authors, Leyan Abdelfadil, Henry Elkins, Lucas Yee and Isabelle Holmes who had poems included in the New Zealand Poetry Society Te Rōpū Toikupu o Aotearoa “paint me” 2024 anthology, which was launched at Tūranga on November 10th. 

From over 1500 entries by experienced authors and young writers, 160 were selected to be published in this international anthology. 

Pictured are proud published poets Leyan and Henry.

NZ Poetry Society Anthology

Last term in Writing Club some of our Russley Writers worked hard to create some strong entries for The New Zealand Poetry Society Te Rōpū Toikupu o Aotearoa, an international poetry competition. They wrote  ekphrastic poems (a poem inspired by or in response to an artwork). These poems were entered into the Open Junior category (17 years and younger) - so they would have had some tough competition!

We are thrilled to announce that three Russley Writers' Club students had their ekphrastic poems selected for the 2024 NZ Poetry Society anthology to be published in November.

Congratulations to:

• Leyan Abdelfadil The Red Hat
• Lucas Yee The Pearl Earring
• Henry Elkins Fanfare