Frank Ashwood<p>Did you know that Bug of the Year and the New Zealand Poetry Society have introduced a <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/BugoftheYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BugoftheYear</span></a> Poetry Competition?</p><p>Anyone can enter a poem about the competition's nominees! To give you motivation, here's my poem about Giant Springtails, entitled 'A Small Kind of Giant'!</p><p>Deadline for submissions is 31st Jan - More info on how you can get involved and submit your poems here: <a href="https://www.bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/poetry-competition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/poetr</span><span class="invisible">y-competition/</span></a></p><p>Good luck! </p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/BugoftheYearPoetry2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BugoftheYearPoetry2025</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nzpoetrysociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpoetrysociety</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/NaturePoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePoetry</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/TeamGiantSpringtail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamGiantSpringtail</span></a></p>