Our next deadline is Friday, April 9, 2027. Send your writing and art to submit@toitoi.nz and you could be published in Toitoi 36!
To find inspiration, check out the stories, poems and art from some of the 3000+ young writers and artists we have published over 35 journals and three special issues.
Pictures by Scarlet Connor, age 10
Download two posters for the classroom to call for submissions for Toitoi 2026.
Download posters
Be inspired by the creativity of Toitoi alumni. Click the link below to check out their exciting projects.
Toitoi Alumni
Congratulations to Primrose Utting, winner of the Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2026. You can read Primrose's fantastic story, Kororāreka, in Toitoi 35.
E tuhi, e te kaituhi, tuhia ki runga, tuhia ki raro, tuhia te here tangata! Tukuna mai ā koutou tuhinga! E tuhi kia kaha ai te reo Māori!
Tukuna mai
Check out the writers and artists behind the amazing work published in Toitoi.
Toitoi Hall of Fame