Enter the 2025 Greg Judkins Poetry Competition
Entries are now open for the Greg Judkins Prize for Reflective Poetry. The competition awardees will be read at GP25: Conference for General Practice.
Theme and categories
The competition is open to all College members.
The theme is ‘Surprise’ and there are two categories:
- Short poem: Up to six lines
- Long poem: Up to 25 lines
Enter
Email your poem to communications@rnzcgp.org.nz before 5pm Sunday 29 June.
All poems will be judged by GP and poet Dr Greg Judkins and two additional judges who are to be confirmed. The awardees will be announced and read at the conference. Dr Judkins will provide each awardee with a copy of his poem and short stories books.
Rules
- Entry is limited to members of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners during the competition period.
- Poems submitted must be original, entirely the work of the entrant and not previously published anywhere.
- Only poems submitted in the form described in the competition publicity are eligible for judging.
- Only poems received by the notified closing date and time to the address given in the competition publicity are eligible for judging.
- Prizes will be awarded to the winning poem in each of the two categories.
- By entering the competition, entrants agree to the winning poem being read aloud as part of the Prize ceremony.
- The awardees will be announced at GP25: Conference for General Practice.
- The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
