PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Rhys Feeney is a high school teacher and volunteer mental health worker in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. He has a BA (Hons) in English literature as well as an MTchLrn (Secondary) from Victoria University of Wellington. His poetry has previously appeared in ANNEXE, elsewhere, Mimicry, Sponge, Starling and various zines. He tweets occasionally at @rhysfeeneybot Ria Masae's work has been in publications such as, Landfall, Ika, takahe and Manifesto Aotearoa. She won the 2015 'New Voices: Emerging Poets Competition', and the 2016 'Cooney Insurance Short Story Competition'. She has poetry on the Mexican poetry website Circulo De Poesia, as well as the Best New Zealand Poem 2017 anthology. In 2018, Ria became the 'Going West Poetry Slam' champion, and in 2019 she was a recipient of the 'NZSA Mentor Programme'. Since her acceptance into the AUP New Poets 7 anthology, Ria has been working on a poetry collection for her first sole anthology. Claudia Jardine is a Pakeha/Maltese poet and musician who was born in Te Tihi-o-Maru and grew up in Otautahi alongside a suburban menagerie of animals and bugs. She holds a First Class Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Victoria University of Wellington and will soon be completing her MA in the same subject. Her writing has been published in Starling, Mimicry, Landfall, Sport and several zines. Her debut indie-folk EP North is available on most major music streaming services. In her spare time she plays centre-back for the university's women's football squad or reads.
'New Poets 7 continues AUP's platform for what's happening in poetry in Aotearoa.'- Anne Kennedy
