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  Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition opens

  14 January 2022

  In 2017 Landfall celebrated its 70th birthday. To mark the occasion, University of Otago launched the Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition, an annual award open to writers aged 16 to 21. Essays should not exceed 1500 words. The competition is judged by the editor of Landfall. The winner will be

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  Writing sample and synopsis assessments – subsidised for NZSA members – assessments available

  14 January 2022

  NZSA members -assessments still available

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  Mountain Book Competition 2022

  13 January 2022

  We love sharing tales of epic, and often hair-raising adventures set in some of the world’s most remote, often beautiful, sometimes hostile, environments. The Mountain Book competition adds another exciting element to our festival, giving writers the opportunity to showcase their work and win prizes, and our adventure book-loving audience

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