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2023 Pikihuia Awards Finalists
The Finalists for this year’s Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers was announced July 13. Robyn Bargh, Chair of Te Waka Taki Kōrero | The Māori Literature Trust is thrilled with the number and quality of entries. “The range of submissions is very impressive; the Pikihuia Awards are a chance to reconnect with some previous […]
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COMPETITION – POETS ON THE WRITERS WALK
The Wellington Writers Walk & Wellington Branch of The New Zealand Society of Authors invite you to enter our competition, POETS ON THE WRITERS WALK. For Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day we’re celebrating the poets and poems that feature in the iconic Wellington Writers Walk. Write a poem that responds to one of five challenges based […]
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Give Given Words a try this August! National Poetry Day
Given Words returns for its eighth year with a new invitation to play with words. This year the words have been chosen by students of López de Arenas Secondary School in Marchena (Andalusia, Spain) and all you have to do is write a poem which includes all five words and send it in before midnight […]
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Viki Moananu named as 2023 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence at Te Herenga Waka
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce Viki Moananu as the 2023 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence. Viki will receive a stipend of $15,000 from Creative New Zealand to work on two plays featuring queer Pasifika characters and detailing the decline of mental health access […]
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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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