Details are now out and the entries can now be submitted.

Click here to General Conditions of Entry

Writers must:

1. Live in or have a home address in the Southland province or in the Queenstown, Glenorchy, Arrowtown, Tapanui and Heriot areas.
2. Complete the entry form by clicking the REGISTER button below and email your entry to [email protected] by 5.00pm on 28 July 2017.  

​In a change from previous years, writers in the Junior and Under 19 sections do not need to get a teacher to sign their entries.
 
Adults must pay a $5.00 entry fee by post to Dan Davin Literary Foundation, PO Box 29, Invercargill 9840 or by bank transfer to 03-1746-0078140-000.  Please put your name in the particulars. There is no entry fee for the other awards.
Entries must not defame any person or corporate body nor infringe or breach any rights of copyright.
The Dan Davin Literary Foundation reserves the right to publish any place getting writing entered in the competitions.
The judge's decision is final.
Winners will be notified by phone or email.
Enquiries to: [email protected].