|
|
|
|
Artists to Antarctica is a programme to send artists - including writers - to Antarctica. The programme is open to applications from serious scholars of the humanities including writers, poets, painters, musicians, photographers, sculptors, choreographers and anyone who believes their art fits the criteria. This opportunity will be offered in late 2009, please check the website nearer the time .
|
|
|
|
The Arts Centre are currently reviewing the Arts Centre Artist in Residence programme and are not seeking applicants at present.
|
|
|
|
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards are an investment in excellence. Annually, five exceptional New Zealand artists are awarded $50,000 each in recognition of their artistic achievements and as a challenge to continue working at high levels. Into its eighth year, the Arts Foundation has acknowledged thirty-nine outstanding Laureate Artists, with donations totalling $1.65 million.
Laureate artists are selected without knowing they are under consideration by a panel of peers, who use their collective knowledge to select high performing artists as companions to the previously Awarded Laureates.
|
|
|
|
The $10,000 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award is for a book in the mind, body spirit (new age) genre, published between April 1 and March 31. Contact the NZSA National Office for submission forms and full details of the eligibility criteria.
Email
or send a sae to PO Box 7701, Wellesley St, Auckland 1141. Deadline for entries is 31 May.
|
|
|
|
The $10,000 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Unpublished Manuscript Award is for an unpublished manuscript in the mind, body spirit (new age) genre. Contact the NZSA National Office for submission forms and full details of the eligibility criteria.
Email
or send a sae to PO Box 7701, Wellesley St, Auckland 1141. Deadline for entries is 31 March.
|
|
|
|
This award (previously the A.W. Reed Lifetime Achievement Award) recognises a writer who has made an outstanding contribution to New Zealand literature and the New Zealand literary community.
It is now biennial and announced in conjunction with the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
|
|
|
|
Annual Premier Award (published writers) $10,000; Novice Award (unpublished writers) $1,500; Young Writers Award (Secondary School Students) $1,500 for the student and $1,500 for the school. 2009 is the 50th anniversary of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards - a significant milestone and certainly cause for celebration. Watch this space!
|
|
|
|
Annual, $6,800 in 2010/11 and the option of one month's stay in Foxton. Purpose: To allow a writer to pursue an approved project. Applicants must be NZSA members. Deadline end of September each year. For application form and conditions contact: New Zealand Society of Authors, PO Box 7701, Wellesley St, Auckland 1141, email programmes@nzauthors.org.nz
|
|
|
|
Formerly known as the Children's Literature Association's Award for Services to Children's Literature, the Betty Gilderdale Award was renamed in 2000 to honour Betty Gilderdale, a founding member of the Children's Literature Association of New Zealand.
Offered annually and applications close 31st August.
|
|
|
|
Supported by the British Council and the NZ Writers Guild. Two scholarships, 6-8 weeks one place within Working Title's script development team, one place in the development arm of Box TV. Travel scholarship to the value of $7,500. Purpose: To encourage professional and creative development in feature film and television scriptwriting and to encourage further opportunities for the recipient through an environment of cultural exchange. For further details and information contact the British Council, phone 09 302 3560 or visit:
www.britishcouncil.org.nz
|
|
|
|
Annual award of $5,000 administered by Playmarket.
Purpose: To recognise the achievement of a playwright at the beginning of their career. Applications close September/October each year.
|
|
|
|
The Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship is a national literary fellowship offered annually in partnership with The Frank Sargeson Trust. The fellowship provides the opportunity each year for an outstanding published New Zealand writer to write full-time in residence at the Sargeson Centre in central Auckland, with an annual stipend of $40,000. Applications close on the first Friday in November of each year.
|
|
|
|
Biannual, one month, free accommodation.
Can Serrat is located just 45 kilometres outside Barcelona, within the confines of Montserrat Natural Park. It operates as an open residency. In 2003, Can Serrat began a programme of stipends for writers and artists. Application is open to all regardless of age, sex, nationality or genre. Application dates: 1 to 30 April and 1 to 30 October each year.
|
|
|
|
This scholarship allows a New Zealand journalist to spend a term in practice up to 13 weeks on the Reuters Foundation Programme at Green College, Oxford to conduct supervised research into an approved subject relevant to their career as a journalist.
|
|
|
|
Two awards to assist writers of proven merit in the researching of either a fiction or non-fiction project. One grant is the CLL/NZSA Stout Centre Research Grant which will be based in Wellington; the other grant is the CLL/NZSA Open Research Grant which will allow the recipient to research anywhere within New Zealand. Each grant is $3,500. Deadline 15 July. Contact NZSA for information.
|
|
|
|
Entries for this annual prize are judged on a regional basis. The best book and best first book for the Asia-Pacific region each receive a prize of £1,000. They then go on to compete with the best from the other regions for the overall top prize of £10,000 and £3,000 respectively. Any work of prose fiction is eligible, i.e. a novel or collection of short stories written by a citizen of the Commonwealth. By publishers' submission.
|
|
|
|
Annual, two awards of $35,000. Purpose: To provide financial support to enable a writer to devote time to a specific non-fiction writing project. Also covers reasonable research expenses. Award applicants must be writers of proven merit and must not hold any other grant or award for the project CLL is funding. They must include in their application a synopsis of their proposed project, a detailed working plan, and a sample of work. Applications close 15 July. The two recipients will be announced in October.
|
|
|
|
This biennial residency is available for an experienced writer to work on an approved project for a period of approximately nine months. It provides NZ$3000 for travel to Berlin, paid rental accommodation, a stipend of NZ$3000 per month and an incidental travel allowance. Application closing date: 6 March 2009.
|
|
|
|
Annual, two years plus, $100,000.
The Fellowship will be awarded for a project that will take two years or more to complete. Applicants will have established a strong reputation as a writer; been shortlisted for one or more literary awards; and probably will have achieved at least one other significant literary award or fellowship.
Application closing date: 6 March 2009.
|
|
|
|
The Dan Davin Literary Foundation holds annual awards for students in the Community Trust of Southland region, which includes Southland, Queenstown and Tapanui. The current awards, held in September are for Year 12 or 13 students whose home or school is in this region. The current prizes are: $700 first; $300, second; $150, third. Entries close July 31 each year.
|
|
|
|
This programme is a partnership between Creative New Zealand and the Department of Conservation, aimed at encouraging artists to create works inspired by New Zealand's natural and historic resources. Residents stay at one of 15 DOC locations. Expressions of interest sought from writers and artists. Stipend up to $5,000 with travel up to $1,000 and material costs. Deadline for applications end of August each year.
|
|
|
|
The residency is open to children's writers who are normally resident in New Zealand. The annual residency is for a six month period between April and October and includes an office within the College and $20,000.
|
|
|
|
Sponsored by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa. The annual award consists of a medal, suitably inscribed, and a sum of money to be decided from time to time and recognises a work that is considered to be a distinguished contribution to non-fiction for young people.
|
|
|
|
Sponsored by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand (LIANZA).The annual award consists of a medal, suitably inscribed, and a sum of money. The award is made to the author of the book that is considered to be the most distinguished contribution to literature for children. Author must be a citizen or resident of New Zealand whose books are nominated by the judging panel in June of each year.
|
|
|
|
The International Fish Short Story Prize (10,000 Euro) is one of the biggest prizes in the world. The winners are also published in an anthology. For more details log onto the website link.
|
|
|
|
Annual six month scholarships for writers, visual artists and musicians.
|
|
|
|
The Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers' Residency at the University of Hawaii has been set up by the Arts Board of Creative New Zealand in partnership with Fulbright New Zealand to provide a unique opportunity for a New Zealand based writer of Pacific Islands heritage. Hawaii has been identified as a strategic location for artists and is considered the hub of Pacific writing with numerous universities, library resources, networks, writers' forums and publishers. It is also an important link to the mainland US and has a strong indigenous culture.
|
|
|
|
This award, instituted in 1998, commemorates the life and works of Gaelyn Gordon (1939-1997), and honours a book by a New Zealand author that has proved itself a long-standing favourite with New Zealand children.
|
|
|
|
International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University/University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Biennial, Value: $60,000.
Purpose: to acknowledge and advance the work of emerging writers in New Zealand and to significantly enhance awareness of New Zealand literature in the USA and internationally.
|
|
|
|
Triannual, two months, free accommodation
Offers a fellowship of 60 days to emerging, mid-career and established literary artists, which will be awarded either through application or by invitation. The Village offers an artistic atmosphere to artists from all around the world, providing much-needed time and space away from one's own environment. Application dates - Winter 30 October; Spring 31 December; Summer 28 February.
|
|
|
|
Annual, two prizes worth $C40,000 each one for a poet or translator from any country and one for a Canadian poet or translator.
Purpose: For the best collection of poetry in English published during the preceding year. Entry by publishers.
|
|
|
|
This NZ Book Council/CNZ fund is aimed at showcasing New Zealand writing talent overseas by supporting the attendance of New Zealand writers to a range of key international writing festivals. More information here.
|
|
|
|
Annual, 100.000 euro.
Purpose: For a novel of high literary merit written in the English language, or written in any other language and published in English translation. Nominations by public libraries around the world.
Contact: Ms Clare Hogan, The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Dublin City Public Libraries,
Cumberland House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
|
|
|
|
Partnership between Creative New Zealand and the University of Iowa. Nationally recognised writers who have previously published at least one volume of work are invited to apply for this three-month residency. The residency runs from approximately August to November and provides return travel to Iowa, assistance with living accommodation and accommodation on the University of Iowa campus. Application closing date: 6 March 2009.
|
|
|
|
The Jack Lasenby Award, offered by the Wellington Children's Book Association, is made to the winners of a biennial competition for writers for children and for children who write in the Wellington region. Entry form on the website.
|
|
|
|
The biennial award is administered by the Canterbury Historical Association, and currently has a value of $1,000, which may be divided if there is more than one major award. No application is required. For more information contact: The Secretary, Canterbury Historical Association, History Department, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch.
|
|
|
|
Biennial grant of $3,500 offered to an author of literary or imaginative fiction, or poetry. The purpose of this award is to support a mid-career or established writer to further a literary career. The award was offered for the first time in 2008 and opens in July. Next deadline 31 October 2010. Information from NZSA national office.
|
|
|
|
The annual Joy Cowley Award for children's writers offers a $1,500 prize, editing and support from Joy Cowley and the eventual publication of a picture book. It is administered by the Storylines Children's Literature Trust and publisher Scholastic New Zealand. Deadline for the award is October 31.
|
|
|
|
Annual. Two prizes of $US15,000 one for fiction and one for non-fiction.
Purpose: Promotes outstanding books that will contribute greater understanding of and among people of the Pacific Rim and South Asia.
|
|
|
|
A range of awards offered by the New Zealand Library Association Inc. (trading as LIANZA) - the professional organisation for the New Zealand library and information services sector.
|
|
|
|
Awarded every two years to a writer over 35 years of age at the beginning of their career. Next award opens in August 2009, deadline 1 November 2009. $3,000. Applicants must be members of the NZ Society of Authors. For entry forms and rules contact the NZSA national office.
|
|
|
|
Interest from a monetary gift, made in 1989 by Louis Johnson’s estate, contributes to this annual bursary. Published writers at an early stage of their career who apply for an arts grant in the Creative NZ February 2009 round are automatically considered for the bursary. No separate application is required.
|
|
|
|
This annual award of $2,500 is open to all undergraduates at New Zealand universities of whatever standing and to all graduates of not more than three years' standing. Candidates submit either an essay, a short story, a poem or group of poems, a short play, or other work in an appropriate form, dealing imaginatively with any theme. Contact: University Of Canterbury Scholarships Office, PO Box 4800, Christchurch.
|
|
|
|
The prize, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The winner of the Man Booker Prize receives £50,000 and both the winner and the shortlisted authors are guaranteed a worldwide readership plus a dramatic increase in book sales.
Any eligible book which is entered for the prize will only qualify for the award if its publisher agrees. Closing date for entry forms 31st March.
|
|
|
|
These awards are a collaborative initiative between Mäori Arts advocate Toi Mäori Aotearoa and Mäori publishing company Huia. The winners of the annual short story awards (excluding the secondary school category) and film script award will each receive a computer package with software and printer to the retail value of $3,000. The first prize winner of the secondary school category will receive $1,000 cash.
|
|
|
|
Awarded to the person who has made a significant contribution to the broad field of children's literature writing, illustrating, publishing or academic activities. A ceremony is held in March each year where the recipient delivers the Margaret Mahy Lecture and is presented with the medal. Members of the Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand are asked to nominate contenders for the award, and a panel from the New Zealand Children's Literature Foundation selects the recipient.
|
|
|
|
The purpose of the award is to offer recognition to a mid-career author who may not necessarily have previously achieved a high level of publicity for their work. The award will be open to writers of fiction, poetry, short fiction collections, and literary non-fiction, and is worth $3,500. The closing date for nominations is 6 November 2009. For information and a nomination form contact
programmes@nzauthors.net.nz
|
|
|
|
These annual awards are jointly sponsored by Creative New Zealand's Arts Board and Montana Wines. They are administered by Booksellers New Zealand and managed by a committee of sponsors, authors, booksellers and publishers. The two main awards are the Deutz Medal for fiction, worth $15,000, and the Montana Medal for non-fiction, worth $10,000, for which the winner must already have won in another category ($5,000), making an aggregated prize of $15,000. They also incorporate the NZSA Best First Book Awards (Jessie McKay Award for poetry, Hubert Church Award for fiction and the E H McCormick Award for non-fiction). Purpose: To recognise excellence in, and encourage the reading of, the best books published annually in New Zealand. Publishers are asked to submit works in early November each year.
|
|
|
|
Annual, $45,000, tenable for one year. The fellowship aims to encourage the scholarly use of the National Library's collections, which include the Children's Literature collections and the specialist collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, and the production of publications based on them. The research undertaken is to lead to public presentation through publications, in scholarly or popular form, in any medium which will promote the objectives of the fellowship.
Not available between 2009 and 2012 while the library building in Wellington is being redeveloped.
|
|
|
|
Approximately 10 awards per year of up to $12,000. The awards provide financial assistance for the research and writing of New Zealand history. This assistance can be used to fund research costs (such as photocopying, travel, or equipment) and/or living costs while researching and/or writing. The Fund does not provide assistance for the publication or reprinting of works, nor does it normally fund research and writing within tertiary institutions. Applications called for in August.
|
|
|
|
These annual awards are funded by New Zealand Post, Creative New Zealand and Booksellers New Zealand to provide recognition and reward for authors and illustrators of high-quality New Zealand books for children. They are administered by Booksellers New Zealand. $5,000 for each category. Plus Book of the Year and Children's Choice Award. By publishers' submission only.
|
|
|
|
This award of $100,000 is administered by Creative New Zealand on behalf of the Winn-Manson Menton Trust. It enables experienced writers to spend up to six months in Menton, France with access to a rental apartment and use of the writing room in the Villa Isola Bella.
This opportunity will be offered in 2009, please check the website nearer the time or for more information.
|
|
|
|
This award is designed to celebrate and encourage the work of young New Zealand poets. Entrants must be Year 12 or Year 13 students currently enrolled in a New Zealand secondary school.
|
|
|
|
Open to any New Zealand resident between the ages of 16 and 22. The competition recognises three winners and in three runners-up in each of the following three regions; Northern (Cape Reinga to Taupo), Central (south of Taupo to Wellington, including the Chatham Islands) and Southern (South Island and Stewart Island).
|
|
|
|
As the only New Zealand artist residency programme that is a member of the Alliance of Artist Communities, this residency has a steady stream of writers and visual artists from all over the world. Visit the website for information.
|
|
|
|
The NZSA/Pindar Publishing Prize is designed to create a publishing opportunity for a New Zealand writer. Sponsored by Pindar NZ, the New Zealand Herald, Whitcoulls and AstraPrint, this unique new award is for an unpublished manuscript which will be taken through to a published form and offered for sale nationwide.This award is supported by Creative New Zealand, and administered by the New Zealand Society of Authors.
Terms and Conditions
Application form
|
|
|
|
Each year three writers – one each in the categories of poetry, fiction and non-fiction - receive $60,000 in recognition of their significant contribution to New Zealand literature. The Awards are administered by Creative New Zealand.
Application closing date: 26 June 2009.
|
|
|
|
Annual, six months, $15,000.
Purpose: To support a New Zealand writer to undertake, develop or complete an approved literary project. (A French writer is awarded the residency for the other six months of the year, supported by the French Government.) Contact: The Randell Cottage Writers' Trust, Box 11-032, Manners Street, Wellington.
|
|
|
|
Annual, six months, 20,000 euro.
This residency is available to writers and artists resident in Australia and New Zealand who would like to pursue their work in Ireland.
|
|
|
|
Annual, 12 months, $69,124. Open to writers of imaginative literature, including poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, biography, essays or literary criticism who are normally resident in New Zealand, or who, for the time being, are residing overseas. Applications close on 1 June each year. Contact: Nicola Richmond, Division of Humanities, University of Otago, ph: 03 479 5793.
|
|
|
|
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) offers the Russell Clark Award. The annual award is for the most distinguished pictures or illustrations for a children's book with, or without, text. The artist or illustrator must be a citizen or resident of New Zealand.
|
|
|
|
Robert Lord (1945 -1992) was one of New Zealand's pioneer playwrights. When he returned to New Zealand to take up a Burns Fellowship at Otago University he bought his first home - a small cottage close to the university and the town centre. Robert's mother decided to mark the tenth anniversary of his death and make the cottage available as a rent-free writer's residence from 2003 for three months to two years. May be held in conjunction with other grants or awards. For more information about the residencies contact Anna Cameron, Playmarket or Nonnita Rees, Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust
|
|
|
|
Annual award of $1,500 and an offer of publication is administered by Storylines Children's Literature Trust and sponsored by Scholastic. Awarded to the author of a work of fiction for children between seven and 13 years of age. Must be a NZ resident first-time author with no published book. Entries close October 31.
|
|
|
|
The Elizabeth Kostova Foundation presents the third annual summer fiction-writing seminar in Sozopol in Bulgaria, May 27-June 1, 2010. Ten accepted candidates (5 from English-speaking countries and 5 from Bulgaria) will receive scholarships which includes tuition, room and board, and travel expenses ( 75% int’l travel paid). All fiction writers working in English or Bulgarian are eligible to apply. An original fiction sample of 10-20 pages is required. Acceptance will be based on the quality of the writing sample, statement of purpose, and letter of reference. For details go to: www.ekf.bg/sozopol/apply (there is an English option at the top of the page.) Deadline for applications: March 15, 2010.
|
|
|
|
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror by New Zealanders. Categories include Best Novel, Best Novella or Novelette, Best Short Story, Best Collected Work, Best Artwork, Dramatic Presentation.
|
|
|
|
Biennial. Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize - $40,000, Tasmania Pacific Poetry Prize - $10,000 Purpose: To develop a culturally significant event that will sustain a high national profile and maintain a high status within the arts community and the broader public; and ensure that the prize will have substantial benefits for literature, the Tasmanian community and the Tasmanian state government. Open to residents and/or citizens of Australia, New Zealand or Melanesia. Nominations only accepted from publishers.
|
|
|
|
Offers international writers residencies in Tasmania.
|
|
|
|
The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa administers the Te Kura Pounamu Award. The annual award is made to the author of a book that is considered to be a distinguished contribution written in Mäori to the literature for children or young people. The author will be a citizen or resident of New Zealand. The work must be published in the preceding calendar year. The award is a greenstone pendant and a sum of money.
|
|
|
|
Te Mata Estate supports a major award for poetry, known as the Te Mata Estate New Zealand Poet Laureate. The award is made every two years in recognition of a notable contribution to New Zealand poetry.
Each winner is presented with a tokotoko symbolising their achievement and status, and receives a grant of $5,000. Te Mata also supports the publication of a volume of the award-winner's work by Godwit Publishing.
|
|
|
|
This bursary is co-funded by Creative New Zealand and The Todd Corporation Ltd, each contributing a half-share, allowing a promising writer to work full-time for six months on an approved project. Published writers at an early stage of their career who apply for an arts grant in the August 2009 round are automatically considered for the bursary. No separate application is required.
|
|
|
|
The Residency fosters New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity to work in an academic environment together with residence and studio space at the Michael King Writers' Centre in Devonport, Auckland. The position is available for six months and is open to practitioners of any form of creative writing, including drama and non-fiction. A stipend of $30,000 will be paid. The appointed writer will be required to reside in Auckland at the Michael King Writers' Centre for the term of the appointment. Applications should be accompanied by a comprehensive CV and a two-page description of the project to be undertaken during the Residency.
|
|
|
|
This Residency, jointly funded by Creative New Zealand, was established in 1979 at the University of Canterbury to provide support for New Zealand writers and foster New Zealand writing. Open to authors in all areas of literacy and creative activity including drama, fiction and poetry; this opportunity enables a writer to work on an approved writing project within an academic environment. The Ursula Bethell/Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence is an author of proven merit whom resides in New Zealand or New Zealander temporarily resident overseas. The annual Residency is for a twelve month period between February and January of the following year. A call for applications occurs in August – October. For more information visit http://www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/ursula_bethell_residency.shtml
|
|
|
|
Annual, academic year, $45,000. To allow writers to work fulltime on a piece of writing. Applicants should be authors of proven merit, normally resident in New Zealand, or New Zealanders temporarily resident overseas. Closing date for applications is the end of September. Contact: The Director, Human Resource Management Division, The University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105 Hamilton.
|
|
|
|
Annual, academic year, $43,000. To allow writers to work fulltime on a piece of writing. Open to authors in all areas of literacy and creative activity including drama, fiction and poetry. Authors should be of proven merit, normally resident in New Zealand. Applications close September each year.
Contact: For further information or application packs: HR Assistant, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University, P.O. Box 600, Wellington.
|
|
|
|
To qualify for the award, the book must be an original work of creative travel content about any country, including New Zealand, written by a New Zealand citizen, or writer resident in New Zealand for at least two years. The book must be of 25,000 words or more and be written by no more than two authors. Text must comprise 80% or more of the book. The prize, sponsored by Whitcoulls Travel Retail, is $2,000 in cash and $500 in book vouchers for the winner and $500 in book vouchers for the runner-up. Entries close on January 31 and the winning author is announced in April.
|
|
|
|
These residencies are a partnership between the Department of Conservation and Creative New Zealand. The six-week residencies are open to practising artists in any artform or cultural tradition, and are chosen from one of more than 20 significant conservation sites throughout New Zealand.
This opportunity will be offered in late 2009, please check the website nearer the time.
|
|
|
