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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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2021 PANZ Book Design Awards entries are open
We announce that entries for the 2021 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open. You can enter the awards here. There are some slight changes to the eligibility criteria this year so please do make sure to check out the details on the PANZ website. And don’t forget to support your emerging designers. There is […]
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2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners
Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the Winners for the 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2020. The Edgar® Awards were presented via a live presentation on Zoom and can be found here: YouTube or Facebook BEST NOVEL Djinn Patrol on the Purple […]
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Congratulations to Nina Mingya Powles for making the 2021 RSL Ondaatje Prize shortlist
RSL Ondaatje Prize The annual award of £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place. RSL Ondaatje Prize 2021 – The Shortlist We are excited to announce the shortlist for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2021. Ruth Gilligan The Butchers (Atlantic Books) Louise Hare This Lovely City (HQ) Adam Mars-Jones Box Hill (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Nina Mingya […]
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WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT: 2021 Wright-Murray Residency
2021 WRIGHT-MURRAY RESIDENCY FOR SPECULATIVE WRITERS A.J. Ponder, author of the much-loved children’s title Wizard’s Guide to Wellington, is the winner of the 2021 Wright-Murray Residency for Speculative Writers, now in its second year. Kiwi Speculative Fiction “I’m excited and honoured to be this year’s winner,” says Ponder from her hillside home in Wellington. “As […]
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Get your tickets for the PEN 2021 World Voices Festival now
Tickets for PEN America’s 2021 World Voices Festival are available now! This year’s Festival, Power to the People, will draw together virtual audiences from around the world for a series of more than 20 events across five days. BUY TICKETS NOW Flash Sale: April 26 – May 2 – use code FLASH21WVF for 25% off The […]
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