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Applications Invited For 25th Anniversary of the Randell Cottage Writers Residency in 2027
September 1, 2026 Applications are now open for one of New Zealand’s top writing residencies: the 2027 Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a generous stipend of $32,000 and six months’ rent-free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest heritage homes, with potential to be accompanied by a partner or even a young family. The […]
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Poem charting emotional distance wins 2026 National Schools Poetry Award
28 August 2026 Xavier Tapsell, a Year 13 student from Tauranga Boys’ College, is the winner of the 2026 National Schools Poetry Award. His poem ‘The Left Spring’s Soft’ movingly portrays a parent and child struggling to bridge the gulf between them. “It’s about two people who’ve drifted so far apart neither of them really […]
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Winners of the Inaugural Te Pae Tawhiti Speculative Fiction Awards 2025 announced
22 August 2026 The Te Pae Tawhiti Award winners were announced tonight at an Awards Gala as part of Hamilton Book Month. Held at Te Whare Taapere Iti, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, the evening featured a keynote by Pip Adam and a panel discussion moderated by Lee Murray, with Pip Adam, David Hair, Jade […]
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Nominate outstanding editorial work for the Rosie 2026
Recognise outstanding editorial work by nominating an editor for the Rosie. Nominations are now open for the Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award (the Rosie), IPEd’s biennial award recognising excellence in editing. The Rosie celebrates editors whose skill, expertise and dedication have helped shape an outstanding published work. While editors are welcome to nominate themselves, we also encourage authors and […]
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Longlist announced for the 2026 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel
After an extended judges’ deliberation, due to the high quality and diverse range of entrants this year, The Ngaio Marsh Awards are stoked to at last reveal our longlist for the 2026 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. 12 terrific stories from 12 terrific Kiwi storytellers. Congratulations to: Lucky Thing by Tom Baragwanath Carved In […]
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NZCYP: Picture Book Duo Claim Top Prize at Children’s Book Awards for Second Time
19 Aug 2026 Popular picture book author and illustrator team Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata) have claimed the top prize at the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for the second time in their careers. Their vibrantly illustrated A Guide to Rocks, which deals with difficult feelings and was […]
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essa may ranapiri Writer in Residence Randall Cottage
The Randell Cottage Trust is delighted to advise that author essa may ranapiri has now taken up their writer-in-residence position at Wellington’s historic Randell Cottage, where they will be working on their first novel, Te Rama Tuna | Eeling by Torchlight, a coming of age story about two young trans Maaori friends/lovers. essa may ranapiri (Ngaati […]
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2026 Surrey Hotel/Newsroom writers residency award open
The prize money, courtesy of generous patrons Jude and Dick Frizzell, has been doubled from $5,000 to $10,000 and the residency at the Surrey is now a fortnight. There are now two destinations and two first prizes to choose from: the Surrey Hotel, in Grey Lynn, Auckland, or the Apple Pickers’ Cottages in Māpua, Nelson. Each […]
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Submissions open for 2027 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
13 AUGUST 2026 The New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa has opened submissions for the 2027 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. These prestigious awards promote excellence in, and provide recognition of, the best books for adult readers published annually in Aotearoa. Titles with release dates between 1 January 2026 […]
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Witi Ihimaera Smiler receives 2026 Whakamana Hiranga Icon Award
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi welcomes Ann Robinson, Darcy Nicholas, The Topp Twins and Witi Ihimaera Smiler into a living circle of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most significant artists. Established in 2003, the Icon Awards Whakamana Hiranga are the Arts Foundation’s highest honour, recognising the remarkable impact each artist has had on their practice, community, and […]
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NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award 2026 opens
The NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award is a new award established by novelist Tina Shaw to encourage the development of original novels by fiction writers who are working on a new project. All applicants must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. The NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award will provide a cash award of $5,000 to be […]
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Applications open for Michael King Writers Centre 2027 residencies
6 August 2026 17 residencies available in 2027 for writers across Aotearoa New Zealand The Michael King Writers Centre has opened applications for its 2027 Writers in Residence Programme, a national residency programme supporting writers from across Aotearoa New Zealand to develop major writing projects. The 2027 programme offers 17 residencies for emerging and […]
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