{"id":5608,"date":"2025-07-21T12:25:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2025-08-31T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:54:48","slug":"libraries-tararua-poetry-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/?p=5608","title":{"rendered":"Libraries Tararua Poetry Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PoetryCompetition.png\" alt=\"Libraries Tararua Poetry Competition\nSubmission Guidelines\n\u2022 There are 2 categories: Open category and Haiku category.\n\u2022 Maximum of two entries per person across both categories;\nat least one poem will be published online, selected by us.\n\u2022 Competition to run from 28th July to 15th August 2025.\n\u2022 Open to all New Zealand residents aged 16 years and over\" class=\"wp-image-5609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PoetryCompetition.png 457w, https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PoetryCompetition-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/PoetryCompetition-109x150.png 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission Guidelines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are 2 categories: Open category and Haiku category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximum of two entries per person across both categories;<br>at least one poem will be published online, selected by us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Competition to run from 28th July to 15th August 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open to all New Zealand residents aged 16 years and over (employees of Libraries Tararua are not eligible to enter).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entries must be accompanied by the name, age, address and phone\/email of the entrant. Each entry should state clearly which category (Haiku or Open).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All entries must be in English. Email to library@tararuadc.govt.nz or hand in at any branch of Libraries Tararua. If emailed, poem\/s can be in the body of the email or attached as a Microsoft Word or Publisher document. Handwritten entries will be accepted; however, they must be legibly printed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All poems are to be an original creation of the entrant, and previously unpublished.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By entering, you grant Libraries Tararua exclusive royalty-free and irrevocable license to copy, store, distribute and publish your submitted poem\/s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No late entries will be accepted.<br><strong>Entries close 5pm on Friday 15th August 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There will be one prize, for the best judged poem in each category, as selected by the judge. The judge\u2019s decision is final.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The winner will be announced on Friday 22nd August 2025, on Library social media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libraries Tararua Poetry Competition<br \/>\nSubmission Guidelines<br \/>\n\u2022 There are 2 categories: Open category and Haiku category.<br \/>\n\u2022 Maximum of two entries per person across both categories;<br \/>\nat least one poem will be published online, selected by us.<br \/>\n\u2022 Competition to run from 28th July to 15th August 2025.<br \/>\n\u2022 Open to all New Zealand residents aged 16 years and over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-expired"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5611,"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5608\/revisions\/5611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eketahuna.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}