Rap Like Robbie Terms and Conditions
The 2023 Robert Burns Teen Poetry Competition runs from Monday 11th September 2023 - Friday 1 December 2023 inclusive.
- Entries close Friday 1 December 2023.
- Late entries will not be accepted.
- A strict word count of 500 words max will be imposed.
- All poems must be original to the person on the entry form and unpublished. Only one entry per person.
- Entries will be judged anonymously by the selected panel.
- The decision of the judges is final.
- Winning entrants will be selected and informed by Friday 15 December 2023.
- Young poets must be aged between 12 and 14 years inclusive (high school years 9, 10, and 11) at the time of entry.
- First, Second and Third Prizes will be awarded.
- First prize package includes a cheque for $500 sponsored by the Dunedin Edinburgh Sister City Society.
- Winners will be publicly announced and prizes presented on Thursday 25 January 2024 between 5pm and 6pm, at the Dunedin City Library.
- 1st Prize winners will be invited to read their poem on collection of their prize, or may choose for their poem to be read on their behalf.
- Winning entrants will not be funded to attend the official prizegiving.
- If unable to attend, arrangements will be made for winning prizes to be collected by, or delivered to, the winner.
- 1st Prize winning poems will be published in the Otago Daily Times and published on the Dunedin Public Libraries website: www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/news-and-events
- A copy of all entries will be retained by the Dunedin Public Libraries, unless an entrant requests otherwise.
- Please submit a copy of your original poem as entries will not be returned.