Entries for the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards 2017 are now open.

Now in their 34th year, these awards are among New Zealand’s most prestigious and established writing prizes. The competition has helped launch the careers of many well-known writers including Eleanor Catton, Owen Marshall, Sarah Laing, Norman Bilbrough, Barbara Anderson, Linda Olsson, Sarah Quigley and Andre Ngapo.

In association with Penguin Random House and Michael King Writers’ Centre, it’s your chance to WIN up to $3000, critical feedback and have your winning story published in the Sunday Star-Times – it’s time to get writing.

ENTRY CRITERIA

The divisions are:

• Open division – 3000 word limit, judged by Stephanie Johnson, author and winner of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards

• Secondary school division – 2000 word limit, judged by Paula Morris, author and University of Auckland creative writing convenor

KEY DATES

Entries close Friday, 3 November 2017, at midnight. Winners will be announced in December, and the winning entries published in the Sunday Star-Times and on Stuff.co.nz over summer.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions please contact us by email: editor@star-times.co.nz