We’re inviting booksellers and libraries across Aotearoa to flex their poetic flair and create dazzling displays in celebration of Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, Friday 22 August 2025.

This is your chance to:

• Celebrate New Zealand poetry and poets
• Drive poetry book sales and borrowing
• Show off your creativity
• Win a prize!

How it works:

There are two competition categories:

• Best Bookshop Display
• Best Library Display

To take part, simply email us at poetryday@nzbookawards.org.nz and let us know you're in. We’ll send you a Fact Sheet of useful information and a schedule of suggested local poetry collections and distributor details to get you started.

Order your books, collect together those already on your shelves, then create your Great NZ Poetry display anytime from 18 to 22 August.

The more visibility poetry gets in your space, the more powerful the national celebration becomes. Whether it’s a bold window display, a quiet poetry nook, or a social media poem of the day — it all counts.

Let's get poetry off the page and into the hearts of our communities.

Questions? Contact Gill at the email address above - always happy to help!