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THE BLACK LIST NEW ZEALAND PROJECT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCREENPLAYS AND ADAPTATIONS The NZFC has partnered with the Black List to introduce the Black List New Zealand Project (BLNZP). This is a one-off fund, designed to foster the creative relationship between writers and producers, and stimulate international opportunities for New Zealand feature films. Submissions close 19 March. See more here The New […]
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ROBERT LORD COTTAGE RESIDENCY
Robert Lord’s worker’s cottage in Dunedin is run as a rent-free residency for writers. When co-founder of Playmarket, Robert Lord, took up a Burns Fellowship at Otago University in 1987, he bought his first home – a small cottage close to the university and the town centre of Dunedin. His tragically few years in Titan […]
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ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD – 2021 Winners from Playmarket
ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD Congratulations to this years’ winners of the Adam NZ Play Award. Adam NZ Play Award and Best Play by a Woman Playwright: Emily Duncan for & Sons Adam NZ Play Award Runner Up and Best Play by A Māori Playwright: Katie Wolfe for The Haka Party Incident Highly Commended: Sam Brooks for A […]
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The NZPS International Poetry Competition 2021
The NZPS International Poetry Competition 2021 – opens March 1 The four judges are now in place, and we’ll be announcing who they are when the NZPS International Poetry Competition 2021 opens on Monday, March 1. We have a fantastic lineup of judges, who will be judging the four categories: Open Verse for Adults (18 years […]
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2021 PAGE & BLACKMORE SHORT STORY COMPETITION – NZSA Top of South – now open
2021 PAGE & BLACKMORE SHORT STORY COMPETITION in association with NZSA TOP OF THE SOUTH BRANCH The 2021 Page & Blackmore Short Story Competition is open for entries. This national short story competition is jointly sponsored by Nelson’s Page & Blackmore Booksellers and NZSA Top of the South Branch, with prizes awarded half as […]
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National Flash Fiction Day 2021 is OPEN
NFFD 2021 is open! The competition runs February 15 – April 15. Submit your best 300-word stories! The judges for the 2021 competition are acclaimed poet Diane Brown and prize-winning novelist, essayist and anthologist Paula Morris. The youth competition moved in 2020 to an international competition with free entry – guest judged in 2021 by poet Kerry Lane and curated by the youth journal fingers comma toes. All youth writers welcome! Note […]
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Eggleton to judge Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award – open for entries
Eggleton to judge Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award Friday 19 February 2021 New Zealand Poet Laureate David Eggleton will judge the Kathleen Grattan prize for 2021. Otago University Press publisher Rachel Scott is thrilled to have enlisted Eggleton to judge the award. ‘As Poet Laureate he has a very full agenda, but he was […]
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Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition
Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition open for entries – closes March 31 Landfall Awards and competitions About the competition In 2017 Landfall celebrated its 70th birthday. To mark the occasion, we launched the Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition, an annual award open to writers aged 16 to 21. Essays should not exceed […]
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Dame Fiona Kidman receives inaugural Irish Writing Fellowship
Dame Fiona Kidman receives inaugural Irish Writing Fellowship – many congratulations Thursday 18 February 2021 One of New Zealand’s most accomplished authors and supporters of literature, Dame Fiona Kidman DNZM OBE, is the inaugural recipient of the University of Otago Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies (CISS) Irish Writers Fellowship. Dame Fiona is looking […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2021 Shortlist Announced
18 February 2021 – for immediate release The NZ Booklovers Awards 2021 shortlist, announced today, features a mixture of well-known authors and new writers. Books by Nicky Pellegrino, Eileen Merriman, Tina Shaw, Fiona Sussman, Dr Hinemoa Elder, Julie and Ilaria Biuso, and Owen Marshall, Grahame Sydney, and Brian Turner are among the diverse range of […]
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Internet New Zealand – digital inclusion – many thanks! for NZSA Connects support
New grants announcement 2020/21 – digital inclusion initiatives and research 15 FEBRUARY 2021 We’re thrilled to announce our latest grantees. This grant round continued with a focus on digital inclusion, meaning we prioritised initiatives that would contribute to more New Zealanders being able to participate in and benefit from the Internet. Approximately $275,000 was given out, […]
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ANNOUNCING THE 2021 PEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARDS FINALISTS
PEN America is honored to announce the finalists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards. Each year, our Literary Awards are juried by panels of esteemed, award-winning writers, editors, translators, and critics from diverse backgrounds and around the globe. Collectively, our dedicated judges read over 1,850 books this cycle in their commitment to recognizing literary […]
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