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New Zealand’s richest short story prize launches with acclaimed writer Patricia Grace as Chief Judge for 2021
The Sargeson Prize launches Thursday, April 1, offering New Zealand’s richest short story prize to local writers, with more than $8000 in prize money available across two categories. Now in its third year, the competition is named for celebrated New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson and is sponsored by the University of Waikato. It was […]
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Playwrights b4 25 is back for 2021 – open for submissions
For this 2021 competition, Playmarket is interested in writers under 25 who take risks and throw care to the wind, as well as those who write strong, conventional plays. Write about anything you like that matters to you in any way you like, for any kind of audience you like. In partnership with Auckland Live. […]
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Storylines celebrated the winners of its major awards at a special event in Auckland on Sunday 28 March
2021 Storylines award-winners honoured At the Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day, recipient of the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy Award for lifetime achievement in children’s literature, Julia Marshall, gave the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy lecture.Her lecture outlined the genesis of and influences on her publishing company Gecko Press, but more importantly, perhaps, looked at the […]
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James George encourages future Māori writers to enter Pikihuia short story awards
24 March 2021 Short story awards named a ‘stepping stone to success’ for Māori writers. First-time and emerging Māori writers are encouraged to enter the 2021 Pikihuia Awards. The short story awards, which occur every second year, have become known as a stepping stone to success for Māori writers. Chair of the Māori Literature […]
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2021 PEN America Literary Awards Career Achievement Winners
Today, we announce the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Career Achievement Winners. This year’s honorees are Anne Carson, Kwame Dawes, Daniel Alexander Jones, Pierre Joris, and George C. Wolfe. As part of its Literary Awards program, PEN America annually honors distinct, lifelong contributors to literary and artistic excellence, selected by panels of independent, dedicated […]
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Leading historian Dr Monty Soutar receives Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to complete historical novel trilogy
CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND MEDIA RELEASE 23 MARCH Leading historian Dr Monty Soutar receives Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to complete historical novel trilogy […]
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ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE NOW $100,000 WITH CYA CATEGORY ADDED
Exciting news! The HNSA, in partnership with our generous sponsor, ARA Group, is expanding the ARA Historical Novel Prize to include a category for outstanding Children and Young Adult (CYA) literature. Open to Australian and New Zealand novelists The submission process will be administered by the HNSA’s partner, the New England Writers’ Centre. For further information, […]
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National Flash Fiction Day 2021 is open now for entries through to 30 April!
NFFD 2021 is open through 30 April! Submit your best 300-word stories! See an interview with the judges for the 2021 competition: Rachel Smith speaks with Diane Brown and Paula Morris. Coming soon: an interview with youth judge Kerry Lane. The youth competition moved in 2020 to an international competition with free entry – curated by the youth journal fingers comma toes. All youth writers […]
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NZ BOOKLOVERS AWARDS 2021 winners announced
March 18, 2021 NZ Booklovers Awards 2021 Winners Addressed to Greta by Fiona Sussman wins the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book 2021. The judges say, ‘You must meet Greta, one of the most well-realised and endearing figures in recent New Zealand fiction. Sussman, a Ngaio Marsh Award winner for Best Novel, […]
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NZSA 2021 Mentorships announced from record field of entries
Thirteen emerging writers have been selected for the The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Mentorship Programme 2021, from what the judges described as: ‘an incredible and unprecedented 132 applications. These came from across the literary spectrum. Poetry, speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, literary novels, genre fiction and stage plays were all represented […]
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Pikihuia Awards 2021 – now open for entries
Do you have a story inside of you waiting to be told? Now is your chance – we are looking for new and emerging Māori writers to enter the Pikihuia short story awards for 2021. Enter by 12 April 2021 to be in to win prizes and the opportunity to have your story published in […]
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The Samoa Observer Tusitala Story Competition – open now
Eligibility & Entry Australia & New Zealand – The Pacific Islands – Samoa Please read these eligibility and entry rules before beginning the online entry process. Submission of an entry is taken as acceptance of the entry rules. For any entry or eligibility queries not covered below, please email entry@tusitalacompetition.com for clarification before submitting an entry. Opening date: Sunday […]
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