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NZ Booklovers Awards 2026 Winners Announced
Chris Blake, Athol McCredie, Kiri Lightfoot, Sonya Wilson and Gavin Bishop are winners in the 2026 NZ Booklovers Awards announced today. ‘We are delighted to announce five award-winning books that families in New Zealand will enjoy for many reasons,’ says NZ Booklovers Director Karen McMillan. ‘Our winning novel is a gritty and heart-palpitating police procedural. […]
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The 2026 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Prize Money: Worth a total of $12,500 Closing: 18 May 2026 Judges: Delia Falconer, Jonathan Ricketson, and Beejay Silcox Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2026 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for an original short story. The prize – worth a total of AU$12,500 – is open to all writers […]
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Taryn Dryfhout wins NZ Founders Book Grant Award
Congratulations to NZSA member Taryn Dryfhout who has been awarded the NZ Founders Book Grant Award 2026 to work towards her publication of History of Adoption. nzfounders.org.nz/literary-awards
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NZPS 2026 INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION – closes March 15
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟓)!! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Open Open Junior (17 years & under) Haiku Haiku Junior (17 years & under) 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞: Anna Jackson – Open Isla Huia – Open Junior Graham Bates – Haiku Sandra Simpson – Haiku Junior All winners […]
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Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week
Read NZ Announces Dates! Saturday 15th August – Friday 21st August Children’s authors and illustrators: More info and please register your interest and regional availability to be involved in bookshops or libraries This year, Read NZ Te Pou Muramura are leading the first ever Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week Sat 15 of August – Friday the 21st of August […]
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The Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize
Is there a manuscript in your bottom drawer just waiting to be finished? Have you got a burning idea for the perfect crime … on paper? The winner will be awarded a publishing contract with an advance against royalties of $AUD 25,000. The prize will be open to all unpublished full-length manuscripts in the crime or […]
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Storylines announces 2026 award finalists
Congratulations to the shortlisted entrants: Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award for a children’s novel manuscript. Timothy Bowden Heather McQuillan Philippa Werry Kelly Buchanan-Johns Tessa Duder Award shortlist: Megan Welch Sarah Pratt Amy Martin Joy Cowley Award finalists: Kati Vincent Sarah Harrison Barbara Uini Annabel Wilson & Regan Kupu Stokes Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day Winners will be […]
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Finalists – Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2026 Jacinda Ardern’s memoir a finalist in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 Oxford fellow and former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern’s first book, A Different Kind of Power, has made the shortlist of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Ardern’s memoir is one of four finalists […]
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New Voices of Aotearoa 2026 — nominations open!
Nominations are open for for New Voices of Aotearoa 2026! Launched just last year, this important initiative aims to showcase up-and-coming, must-read, brilliantly talented authors of Aotearoa New Zealand adult fiction and non-fiction. The New Voices of Aotearoa campaign has become a feature and a highlight for the Coalition, working hard to deliver on […]
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WIR Waikato is David Coventry
Writing to his own beat: David Coventry to take up residence at University of Waikato For David Coventry, writing is an experience to be savoured. The award-winning author is the University of Waikato’s new Kaipukahu Writer in Residence and will spend 2026 on campus working on a new collection of short stories. Dr Coventry’s short-story project is set in and around 1981, during the Springbok […]
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Ōtaki Writers residency 2026
RESIDENCY 2026 After a highly successful event in 2025, In other words, Ōtaki (IOWŌ) / Kia rerekē te hua, Ōtaki is delighted to call for applicants for our 2026 10-day residency programme. The residency is for five Aotearoa storytellers whose work reflects positive and/or progressive ways of thinking about people, community and the environment. If you’re a professional, mid-career to […]
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2026 NZSA Kupu Kaitiaki & Kaituhi Mentor Programmes for Kaituhi Māori OPEN
Open For Applications February 23rd – April 10th. He karanga tēnei ki ngā kaituhi Māori, he pōwhiri hoki kia kawea ō pūkenga tuhituhi ki tētahi taumata kounga hou. Whakaae ki tā mātou wero ki te tuhi i a koe anō ki tētahi wāhi e tū ai koe i waenga i ō hoa aropā, i ō […]
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