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Nine to Noon’s Short Story Competition is back
Radio New Zealand Short Story Competition This year it will be judged by author Harry Ricketts and Rebecca Reilly. Entries open September 5 and close on September 30, 2022. The top five winners will be announced on Friday 28 October, and those stories will be purchased by RNZ and recorded and broadcast on Nine to […]
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CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 – now open for 2022!
7 SEPTEMBER 2022 Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 is made available in a contestable fund. In 2022, $75,000 is available to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing sector growth. The amount applicants apply for is up to them, with the number of […]
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Booker Prize Announces Its 2022 Shortlist
Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 Shortlist Author Nationality Title Publisher, Imprint NoViolet Bulawayo Zimbabwean Glory Penguin Random House, Vintage, Chatto & Windus Percival Everett American The Trees Influx Press Alan Garner British Treacle Walker HarperCollins, Fourth Estate Shehan Karunatilaka Sri Lankan The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Sort of Books Claire Keegan Irish Small […]
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Fetisov Journalism Awards 2022 – How to Enter
Entries to the competition must be submitted before October 1st, 2022 (23:59 UTC). The total prize fund is 520,000 CHF. Three winners in each category share a monetary prize of 130,000 CHF (including taxes, as stipulated by the legislation in force): The first prize winner receives 100,000 CHF and a unique silver statuette designed and handcrafted in Switzerland. […]
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CNZ Canterbury Uni – Residency in Creative Writing 2023
Job Title: Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence Location: Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand Closing date: Sunday, 25 September, 2022 Te Kaupeka Toi Tangata | Faculty of Arts Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE) 6 or 12 month fixed-term opportunity Competitive salary of $72,000 (for 12 months, pro-rated for 6 months) What You Will Do […]
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Paula Morris MNZN – Announced as a 2022 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi welcomes seven new Laureates to our over 100-strong artist alumni. Established in 2000, the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Awards celebrate and empower New Zealand’s most outstanding artists across a vast range of disciplines. Each Laureate is recognised for their outstanding practice as well as their significant impact, and […]
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Davitt Awards 2022 winners announced
29 August 2022 Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2022 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category are: Adult crime novel Once There Were Wolves (Charlotte McConaghy, Hamish Hamilton) Highly commended Unforgiven (Sarah Barrie, HQ Fiction) Young adult crime novel The Gaps (Leanne Hall, Text) […]
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THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME WRITERS ASSOCIATION- 2022 NED KELLY AWARDS
2022 Winners THE AUSTRALIAN CRIME WRITERS ASSOCIATION IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 2022 NED KELLY AWARDS. The Australian Crime Writers Association received 135 entries for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards, in another strong year of crime writing. The entries were narrowed to a shortlist of 19 books, across the four award categories: […]
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PRESENTING THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNERS – 2022
Congratulations to all CBCA Winning and Honours Authors, Illustrators and Publishers for 2022 Download the Winners – 2022 in PDF Watch the special 2022 Book of the Year announcement on YouTube THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in […]
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Ngaio Marsh 2022 Finalists announced
Congratulations to these NZ writers shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Awards, announced this week.
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Chris Tse’s “Life-Changing Opportunity” As NZ’s Latest Poet Laureate
26 Aug 2022 from THE BIG IDEA A big announcement on National Poetry Day – find out the reaction to the “glam-rock poetry superstar’s” appointment and the difference he plans to make. Chris Tse collects accolades at a phenomenal rate – it would be alarming if it wasn’t so impressive. His latest is one that […]
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Philip Matthews wins 2022 Reviewer of the Year award at Voyager Media Awards (again)
WINNER: Philip Matthews | newsroom.co.nz JUDGES: Anthony Byrt & Gilbert Wong “In one of the reviews in his submission, Philip Matthews writes: “We’re living through a painful and fast-moving time.” His calm and astute assessments of Charlotte Grimshaw and C.K Stead’s books position each at a respective front in the culture wars. That is not novel but […]
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