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2025 Robbie Burns Poetry Competition Prizegiving
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Date24 January 2026
The Robert Burns International Poetry Competition winners were announced at a prizegiving held at the Dunedin City Library.
The theme for the 2025 competition was The Global Reach of Robert Burns: a Voice for Humanity.
The Burns International Poetry Competition Prize Winners:
Published section
Winner - Santiago Bonhomme, Great King Street
2nd place - Jilly O’Brien, A sang fae hosts an guests
3rd place - Janet Char-man, Sour Bitch
Unpublished section
Winner - Lynne Wilkins, A fan letter to Robbie Burns
2nd place - Jen Wilson, Robbie Burns Contemplates 2025
3rd place - Oscar Large, Never Break the Rules of Life
Rap Like Robbie
Winner - Elaine Li, Lyric
2nd place -Ruby Thornburgh, Who Am I?
3rd place - Erynne Parlane, Perseverance
Date24 January 2026Relates to
PlaceDunedin City LibraryGroupDunedin UNESCO City of LiteratureDunedin Public LibrariesOtago Scottish Heritage CouncilVideo Robert Burns International Poetry Competition prizegiving
GroupDunedin UNESCO City of LiteratureDunedin Public LibrariesOtago Scottish Heritage CouncilVideo Robert Burns International Poetry Competition prizegivingAdmin Only
ContributorAnne Shelah
Dunedin Public Libraries (13th Feb 2026). 2025 Robbie Burns Poetry Competition Prizegiving . In Website Dunedin Public Libraries. Retrieved 2nd May 2026 21:28, from https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/219698