John Adams: ‘An order is sought for the destruction of the stapler’ was published in Briefcase, Auckland University Press, 2011

Tusiata Avia: ‘Wairua Rd’ was published in Takahē 72, 2011

Hera Lindsay Bird: ‘The most beautiful love poem of all time’ was published in Turbine 11

Peter Bland: ‘In Dad’s old council house’ was published in Coming Ashore, Steele Roberts, 2011

Rachel Bush: ‘Pig Hunting’ was published in Nice Pretty Things, Victoria University Press, 2011

Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle: ‘(A lifetime of sentences)’ was published in a fine line, November 2011, NZ Poetry Society

Joan Fleming: ‘YOUNG WOMAN TALKING TO A DIFFICULT POEM SHE HAS LOVED FOR MANY YEARS’ was published in The Same as Yes, Victoria University Press, 2011, and the New Zealand Listener

Janis Freegard: ‘Gator’ was published in Kingdom Animalia: The Escapades of Linnaeus, Auckland University Press, 2011

Rhian Gallagher: ‘Under the Pines’ was published in Shift, Auckland University Press, 2011

Rob Hack: ‘Despite Meena’ was published in Landfall 221, Otago Univeristy Press, 2011

Dinah Hawken: ‘Building sonnets’ was published in The Leaf-ride, Victoria University Press, 2011

Anna Jackson: ‘Margo, or Margaux’ was published in Thicket, Auckland University Press, 2011

Brent Kininmont: ‘Seto Ohashi Bridge’ was published in Sport 39, 2011

Michele Leggott: ‘olive’ was published in Otoliths, 2011

Helen Lehndorf: ‘Wabi-sabi’ was published in The Comforter, Seraph Press, 2011, and Sport 39, 2011

Kate McKinstry: ‘Departure Lounge’ was published in Landfall 221, Otago University Press, 2011

Bill Manhire: ‘The Schoolbus’ was published in Sport 39, 2011

Harvey Molloy: ‘The Last Surrealist’ was published in Enamel, 2011

James Norcliffe: ‘The Death of Seneca’ was published in Petrichor Machine, 2011

Rachel O'Neill: ‘Early Growth’ was published in Turbine 11

Marty Smith: ‘Emphysema For Aunty Gwen’ was published in Sport 39, 2011

Rānui Taiapa: ‘Journey Through Time in 5 Digits’ was published in Landfall 221, Otago University Press, 2011

Tim Upperton: ‘The Trouble with Poetry’ was published in Sport 39, 2011

Louise Wallace: ‘The Thing’ was published in Turbine 11

Douglas Wright: ‘herd’ was published in cactusfear, Steele Roberts, 2011

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