Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) encourages New Zealand non-fiction writers of any genre, including those who write for an education audience, to apply now for the new CLNZ Writers’ Award.

The $25,000 award is designed to enable writers to work on specific non-fiction writing projects, and takes research expenses into account. Featuring broad and inclusive criteria, applications from writers of the full range of non-fiction genre are welcome.

The CLNZ Writers’ Award will be made available to one writer each year for the next three years. Funding for the Award comes from CLNZ’s Cultural Fund that makes investments into people and projects that support, protect and grow New Zealand’s writing and publishing industry.

Applicants must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents and writers of proven merit. Applicants must submit details of a planned project to a selection panel. Applications must be received by 4pm on Thursday 23 June 2016.

The winner of this year’s award will be announced at the New Zealand Society of Author’s National Writers Forum, to be held in Auckland on 17th and 18th September 2016.

Full application details for the 2016 CLNZ Writers’ Award are available at www.copyright.co.nz/Awards/CLNZ-Writers’-Award/

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