The image shows the number of participants by city during the first eight years of the competition.
Images from Instagram @givenwords
COLLABORATIONS
The competition has received support from Massey University Press, Mākaro Press, The Cuba Press and Landing Press. Many people have collaborated by choosing words for the competition, including the girls of Our Little Roses orphanage in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and students at López de Arenas Secondary School, Marchena, Seville, Spain.
Given Words
A competition directed by Charles Olsen for National Poetry Day in Aotearoa New Zealand
Based on their project in Spanish, Palabras Prestadas, Charles began the competition Given Words for National Poetry Day in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2016.
LINKS
- Call for Word Films in Moving Poems
- National Poetry Day, Aotearoa New Zealand
- Winning poems from Given Words, translated into Spanish in the literary magazine Trasdemar [in Spanish]
- Poemas para aliviar enfermedades e Internet como vivero de poetas [in Spanish] in EL PAÍS, Cultura, by Ángel Luis Sucasas