1st Prize - $300 cash, Booksellers Book Tokens worth $200, and a year's subscription to the New Zealand Listener

2nd Prize - $50 cash, Booksellers Book Tokens worth $100, and a year's subscription to the New Zealand Listener

View details of Event 23: Poetry Idol

Want to audition?

Please email MC Penny Ashton at info@writersfestival.co.nz with "Poetry Idol Audition" in the subject heading. Deadline for all applications: Sunday 2 May 2010.

Auditions for Poetry Idol will be held over the weekend of Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 May. Individual applicants will be informed of their audition time and venue.

Our sincere thanks to the generous sponsors supporting 2010 Poetry Idol:

Booksellers New Zealand for the Book Tokens
Booksellers book tokens are industry secured. They are supported and administered by the industry association, Booksellers New Zealand, which is independent of any single retailer or group.

British Council New Zealand for bringing Charlie Dark to Auckland
And for the People In Your Neighbourhood Project, a flagship event in their Creative Cities programme. The PIYN project involves aspiring artists and performers from Auckland’s ethnic communities, working with the best of contemporary UK talent - the aim is to explore and celebrate unrecognised artistic and urban talent in our neighbourhoods.

New Zealand Listener for 70 years of reviews, poetry and so much more . . .