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NZSA member Lee Murray wins two Bram Stoker awards!
LEE MURRAY WINS TWO PRESTIGIOUS BRAM STOKER AWARDS® BY THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION May 25, 2021 Tauranga-based writer Lee Murray was named the winner in two categories of the international Bram Stoker Awards®, created by the premier organisation of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy – The Horror Writers Association. Due to travel restrictions, this […]
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Caselberg International Poetry Prize – opens June 1
The Caselberg Trust is calling for entries for the 2021 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition. Now in its 10th year, the Trust is delighted to announce that Dunedin’s finest book shop – the University Book Shop is supporting the poetry prize again this year, and will also host our awards night to coincide with the […]
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The NZSA New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards 2021 – open with deadline of 1 Aug 2021
NZSA Canterbury announces the 2021 NZSA New Zealand Heritage Book Awards will open for entries on the 1st June 2021. In its eighth year, this event is now firmly established on the New Zealand Literary calendar. Past winners have included Fiona Farrell, Witi Ihimaera, Whiti Hereaka and Brian Turner – last year’s major winners were […]
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Why Research Grants are More Accessible than Ever
This is the beginning of an article published on 31 May at The Big Idea. The full article can be read here. Preconceptions don’t often do anyone justice. Be it the stereotyping of people or cultures, presumptions of processes or intentions – if you’re not open to learning more than what you assume, then you’re […]
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Announcing the 2021 takahē Monica Taylor poetry prize
Entries are now open for the 2021 takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize, and we’re delighted to welcome John Allison as judge. John Allison’s poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals here and overseas. His fifth collection of poetry, A Place to Return To, was published by Cold Hub Press in August 2019. A chapbook of new […]
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Announcing the 2021 Flash Fiction longlist
Writers: please share the news if your title is on the Long List, but please do not share which story is yours while the judges are still deliberating. Thank you! alphabetically by title: A Moth in the Clementines Alan Recuperating on a Bed of Rabbits Centripetal Force Cloud Storage Cows Doing the Math Encounter […]
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STORYLINES NOTABLE BOOKS AWARDS – call for entries – closes August 15
STORYLINES NOTABLE BOOKS AWARDS About the Awards Since 1999 Storylines has produced an annual list of outstanding books for children and young people published by New Zealand authors and illustrators during the previous calendar year. This annual lists of Storylines Notable Books ensures that children, whanau, teachers, librarians and the public are all made aware of the large […]
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NZ Mountain Book Festival – Mountain & Adventure Book 2021 shortlists announced
The NZ Mountain Book Festival invites authors and photographers to submit their work on the world’s remote places, the environment and adventure sports. We accept submissions under two categories: Mountain and Adventure Narrative for stories and accounts about specific adventures, fiction or non-fiction; and Mountain and Adventure Heritage for guidebooks, coffee table or picture books, […]
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Lizzie Harwood is the inaugural winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize!
The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize awards a publishing contract with Cuba Press to the winning manuscript which will be published later in 2021. NZSA congratulate Lizzie Harwood on winning this prize for new writing with a ‘unique and original vision’ , that celebrates the life and work of writer Laura Solomon. Lizzie Harwood says: “It’s a huge […]
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OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS 2021 WINNERS’ ANNOUNCEMENT – ‘Knockout’ short story collection wins country’s richest writing prize
Whanganui writer Airini Beautrais has won the $57,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her book Bug Week – the first person to take out the category for a collection of short stories in more than a decade. Beautrais is well-known as a poet, but this […]
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Four Cash Grants to Support NZ Writers
Receive a $5,000 grant to help you research your latest fiction or non-fiction writing project. All New Zealand writers welcome to apply from 13 May. The CLNZ / NZSA Research Grants will open for applications on Thursday 13 May 2021, and will close at 4.00pm Friday 11 June. Four Research Grants valued at $5,000 each […]
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A Reflection on 18 months as NZSA President: “A call-out to all writers: come gather round, we need your support . . . “
BY MANDY HAGER MAY 4, 2021 I’ve been a member of NZSA for around 30 years, joining before I published my first book, filled with pride when I could transition from ‘associate’ to ‘full’ membership. Although health and time constraints have meant I’ve rarely attended branch meetings or events, I’ve always read the […]
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