AUP New Poets 7

About Claudia JardineRhys FeeneyRia Masae

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.