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2022 Australian Shadows Awards finalists announced!
The judges have read everything with great criticism, arguments were had, fights broke out and bodies were buried in shallow graves… *touches earpiece* Errr, okay. I’m being told none of that happened. In fact, all the judges did an amazing job and our huge thanks go out to them. And now, the AHWA is very […]
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2023 Michael Gifkins Prize Shortlist Announced
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. Five excellent manuscripts by New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for this year’s prize: How to Stop a River by G. M. […]
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The Michael King Writers Centre announces recipients of International Exchange with Australia
3 May 2023 New Zealand writer Emma Hislop and Australian writer Fiona Kelly McGregor have been announced as the recipients of the 2023 New Zealand-Australia residency exchange, an international residency programme held by Varuna, the Australian National Writers House in collaboration with the Michael King Writers Centre in Auckland. The four-week residency exchange will take […]
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Mātātuhi Foundation increase in grants
Mātātuhi Foundation’s 10th funding round will be accompanied by a substantial increase in grant amounts. In the upcoming rounds in May and October, applicants can now apply for between $5,000 and $20,000 in funding for a literary project. In previous years, the maximum was $5,000. Since its launch in 2018, the Foundation has funded close […]
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2023 PANZ Book Design Awards entries open
The PANZ Book Design Awards were established to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in Aotearoa New Zealand. Entries are judged in nine categories, the Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book, Upstart Press Award for Best Non-illustrated Book, Allen & Unwin Award for Best Commercial Book […]
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Adam NZ Play Awards
The 2023 Adam NZ Play Awards, recognise the best in new unproduced writing for the Aotearoa theatre. Albert Belz – ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD WINNER and Best Play by a Māori Playwright – for Supernova. Keagan Carr Fransch – RUNNER UP and Best Play by a Woman Playwright – for Mitochondrial Eve Viki Moananu – […]
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Longlist Finalists for this year’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards announced
Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2023 finalists can be found on Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists – 2023. Congratulations to the finalists – NZSA members among them! The Long List contains all the nominations received, in no particular order. Best Novel In Pain and Blood, by Aldrea Alien Sanctuary, by Andi C. Buchanan, Robot Dinosaur Press […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 now open for entries
https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/2024-awards 13 April 2023 What do Simon Lendrum, Lauren Keenan, Brianne Te Paa, Jane Ussher, John Walsh, D.V. Bishop, Lucy Corry, Stacey Morrison, Jeremy Sherlock, Fiona Sussman, Dr Hinemoa Elder, Vasanti Unka, Kirsty Powell, Catherine Foster, Gavin Bishop, Fiona Kidman, Kimberly Andrews and Jo Seagar have in common? They are all talented authors and previous […]
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THE 2023 ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE opens
The ARA Historical Novel Prize is the richest genre-based literary award in Australasia, incorporating both an Adult category and a category for Children and Young Adult (CYA). The Prize is worth a total of $100,000 in prize monies; $50,000 will be awarded to the Adult category winner, with an additional $5,000 to be awarded to […]
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Gavin Bishop nominated for international honour
Congratulations to Gavin Bishop, who has been nominated for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award by IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People. The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest distinction given to authors and illustrators of children’s books, recognising a lifelong achievement and a body of work that has made an important, lasting […]
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Emma Neale to judge $1000 Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems
11 April 2023 International Writers’ Workshop NZ Inc (IWW) is thrilled to announced that New Zealand poet Emma Neale will judge The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems in October. The competition, which has been made possible by a bequest from the late Jocelyn Grattan in memory of her mother, Kathleen, is […]
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PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG Playmarket competition
Do you have an original and inventive play written to inspire and excite young audiences? Whether you are a young person or a senior writer, the age of the audience is what counts. Your play might be written for adults to perform to children, or for young actors to perform themselves. It might be […]
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