Nick Ascroft: 'The time I shook Allen Curnow's huge paw' was published in It's What He Would've Wanted, Te Herenga Waka University Press, September 2025.

Felix August: 'He was in the room, I took him to the sentence' was published in a fine line Spring 2025, NZ Poetry Society, November 2025.

Tusiata Avia: 'He appears at my side during the hymn' was published in Giving Birth to My Father, Te Herenga Waka University Press, November 2025.

Victor Billot: 'Imposter' was published in Landfall 250, Otago University Press, October 2025.

Jenny Bornholdt: 'Mr Boltanski' was published in PN Review 284, vol. 51 no. 6, July 2025.

Kate Camp: 'Kryptonite' was published in Makeshift Seasons, March 2025.

David Eggleton: 'The navigators' was published in Lifting the Island, Red Hen Press, September 2025.

Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds: 'Ano'ite o tapa / L'art d'essayer / Ars poetica' was published in Turbine | Kapohau, December 2025.

Rhian Gallagher: 'Potato' was published in Landfall 249, Otago University Press, May 2025.

Jac Jenkins: 'Glottal stop' was published in Moon Too Heavy, Pavlova Press, June 2025.

Jan Kemp: 'Angels' was published in Dancing Heart, Tranzlit, August 2025.

Erik Kennedy: 'Holiday edition' was published in Catalyst Christmas Cracker vol. 4, The Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press, December 2025.

Jackson McCarthy: 'Three southern songs' was published in Landfall 250, Otago University Press, October 2025.

Bill Manhire: 'Gaza' was published in NZ Poetry Shelf, May 2025.

Ruben Mita: 'Lines that have come a long way to be with us today' was published in Turbine | Kapohau, December 2025.

Bob Orr: 'Kupe's sail' was published in Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2025, Massey University Press, August 2025.

Nafanua Purcell Kersel: 'Kō' was published in Black Sugarcane, Te Herenga Waka University Press, February 2025.

Richard Reeve: 'Just us' was published in takahē 115, December 2025.

Elizabeth Smither: 'The cat and the Wittgenstein quotes' was published in Landfall 249, Otago University Press, May 2025.

Michael Steven: 'Plankton' was published in North American Review 310.2, July 2025.

Alex Stone: 'News' was published in Lode, Alwayzz Books, October 2025.

Robert Sullivan: 'Kōauau mound' was published in Landfall 250, Otago University Press, October 2025.

Ariana Tikao: 'Te tārere a Hikaiti' was published in Landfall 249, Otago University Press, May 2025.

Chris Tse: 'The last poem' was published in Sweet Mammalian 12, November 2025.

Whaitiri Tua-Warbrick: 'Light touches' was published in Landfall 249, Otago University Press, May 2025.