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Anthony Lapwood awarded Louis Johnson emerging writer’s scholarship
Anthony Lapwood (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Pākehā) is having a good year. In May he was awarded an Ockham Best First Book Award, and this week we’re thrilled to announce he’s the 2023 recipient of the Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary – which means he’ll receive $13,650 towards a new novel. […]
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Results of CNZ’s Arts Grants 2022/23 Round 4
Results posted: 5 July 2023 119 Projects funded worth $4,998,297 Total funding awarded 400 Eligible applications received $15,749,655 Total funding requested 119 grants totalling $4,998,297 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round across three funding pools (Ngā toi Māori, Pacific arts and General arts). […]
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Mātātuhi Foundation celebrates its 10th Grants Round with a major milestone – over 50 literary projects funded
The Mātātuhi Foundation is proud to announce funding for 6 more initiatives from writers, editors and organisations that share our kaupapa for developing the literary landscape of New Zealand. Re-Draft Writing Competition: growing the skills, knowledge and enthusiasm of teenage writers. Story Tour Programme: enabling writers to participate in the only dedicated nationwide community tour […]
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Fourth round of decisions wraps up $28 million Regeneration Fund
Media release: 30 June 2023 Seventeen cultural sector organisations have been successful in the final round of the $28 million Cultural Sector Regeneration Fund. In the fourth and final round of funding decisions, 17 proposals were approved for up to $5.9 million of funding. The Cultural Sector Regeneration Fund will now be supporting more than […]
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Ngaio Marsh Longlists 2023 are announced!
Congratulations to all who have made the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Awards longlist! After a tough judging process thanks to a fascinating array of entrants, we’re stoked to reveal the 14 novels longlisted for the 2023 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel. Kia ora rawa atu to all our fab entrants & whakamihi to the #yeahnoir […]
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Walker Books Manuscript Prize
To coincide with Walker’s 30th anniversary in Australia this year, Walker Books Australia is proud to announce the establishment of the Walker Books Manuscript Prize. Walker Books’ mission has long been to publish works that become firm favourites and formative reading. The aim of this new manuscript prize is to foster a new generation of Australian […]
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Gina Cole awarded 2023 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
Fijian science fiction writer Gina Cole (MNZM) will spend three months at the University of Hawai’i working on the second book in her ‘Turukawa Trilogy’. Supported through our Pacific Arts Strategy, this annual residency is offered in partnership with Fulbright New Zealand. The three-month residency is based at the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at […]
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Applications open for NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2023
A $10,000 Opportunity for Writers Applications open for NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2023 Calling for applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project. The Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship is awarded each year to a mid-career or senior writer […]
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2024 Judith Binney Fellowships and Writing Awards
· The Judith Binney Trust is pleased to announce that applications for the 2024 Judith Binney Fellowships and Writing Awards will open on 3 July 2023. For information about the Fellowships and Awards, please see www.judithbinneytrust.org.nz Applications close at 5pm on 25 August 2023. The Fellowship and Awards are scheduled to be announced in November 2023 for […]
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Melinda Szymanik awarded 2023 Shanghai Writing Residency
Michael King Writers Centre 12 June 2023 New Zealand China Friendship Society Residency Exchange After a break in the residency exchange programme due to the global pandemic, we are very happy to announce that, Melinda Szymanik has been selected as the fourth New Zealand writer to join the Shanghai Writers’ Association’s International Writing Programme. […]
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Call for judges of the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
The organisers of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are calling for expressions of interest from readers with a deep knowledge of New Zealand literature who would like to be considered as judges of the 2024 awards. Applications are welcomed from the literature community and from members of the public with relevant experience. Suitable […]
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2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM – FRIENDS OF THE TURNBULL
2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM Acclaimed author, anthologist and librettist Indigenous Envoy: The Māori writer as New Zealand practitioner and indigenous artisan Taiwhanga Kawhau Auditorium, lower ground floor, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Molesworth St, Thorndon Witi will speak at 6.00pm. Following the Lecture, we will celebrate the 50th […]
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