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2026 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medalist to Tim Tipene
The Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki is delighted to announce Tim Tipene as the 2026 recipient of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal. This award is recognised as New Zealand’s most prestigious honour for authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s and young adult literature. About the Honouree Tim Tipene is awarded in […]
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Kidman Writers Residency 2026 Winner Announced
The Kidman Writers Residency in London is delighted to announce that Saraid de Silva is the inaugural Writer in Residence for 2026. Saraid de Silva is a writer and arts worker from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her debut novel, Amma, was published in Australia, New Zealand and the UK in 2024. In 2025 Amma was long listed by the New […]
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 Longlist Announcement
5.00AM, THURSDAY 29 JANUARY 2026 Authors’ creativity, intellect and determination recognised Authors who are unafraid to tackle the pressing moments of our past, present and future dominate the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlist announced today. Among the 44 powerful, page-turning books are jaw-dropping true stories, fascinating histories, best-selling novels and incisive poetry […]
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Caselberg Trust Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Resident 2026
The Caselberg Trust announces that the recipient of its Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency in 2026 will be poet Sofia Drew from Tāmaki Makaurau. Sofia is currently studying English literature and philosophy in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, and has had her writing published in Starling, Symposia, Salient and A Fine Line. The residency is named after well-known and much-loved Dunedin writer Elizabeth […]
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Headland Submissions for Issue 25 Now Open
Guidelines Headland welcomes unsolicited submissions, but we do ask you to read these guidelines thoroughly to ensure that you do not spend your energy on preparing a submission that we will be unable to accept. Submissions for Issue 25 are now open until 30 January 2026. We accept short fiction and creative nonfiction only (up to 5,000 […]
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Enter The Griffith Review Emerging Voices Competition 2026
Have a bold story or fresh idea you’re ready to share? The Griffith Review Emerging Voices Competition is your opportunity to bring bold, original fiction or creative non-fiction work to one of Australia’s most respected literary platforms. Here’s the competition information from the Griffith Review website: Griffith Review is looking for submissions of fiction and […]
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Artist in Residence 2026
Apply for the 2026 Artist in Residence The residency is an opportunity to live and make art in an Auckland regional park for eight weeks during October and November 2026. Open to all artists and creatives, working in any art form. Seeking innovative, site-specific proposals from nature-needing artists. Applications for the 2026 residency close on […]
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National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for 2025 Book Awards
Among the most prestigious honors in American letters, the NBCC Awards are the only prizes bestowed by a jury of working critics and book review editors. The National Book Critics Circle on January 20 announced the finalists in six categories for its annual awards for the 2025 publishing year. In a release, the organization of […]
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RAWA Fellowships 2026
RAWA (Readers and Writers Akaroa) delivers a small, friendly literary festival with a big heart. RAWA attracts a high calibre of presenters from across Aotearoa. Our next festival will be held in Akaroa on the weekend of 6-8 March 2026. You can find our full programme here: www.rawafestival.com/2026-programme For RAWA festival 2026, we are delighted […]
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Nominations for 2026 Sir Julius Vogel Awards now open!
Nominations for the 2026 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now being accepted. The nomination period will close at 11:59pm on 31 March 2026. The SJV awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2025 calendar year. Anyone can […]
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2026 Randell Cottage writer’s residency awarded to essa may ranapiri
The Randell Cottage Writers Trust is delighted to announce that essa may ranapiri has been selected as Aotearoa New Zealand Writer-in-Residence for 2026. They will take up the six- month residency in July, and will use this opportunity to work on their first novel, Te Rama Tuna | Eeling by Torchlight, a coming of age […]
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Call for entries: Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize 2026
This is a callout to all young writers! To honour our great friend and esteemed colleague, Rod Oram, we are calling for essays from young people campaigning for a more equitable, sustainable and compassionate world. The closing date for entries is March 27, 2026, at 5pm. Rod Oram was a revered journalist and environmentalist, known […]
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