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NZSA Mentorships 2024 announced
We are pleased to announce that 13 emerging writers have been selected for The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa 2024 Mentorship Programme. The selection panel of convenor Rosetta Allan along with panellists Kiri Piahana-Wong and Sharon Manssen commented: ‘To all the writers, we would like to say well done in […]
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New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2024 International Residency with Australia
Media Release 20 March 2024 The Michael King Writers Centre in association with Varuna, The National Writers’ House in Katoomba, NSW, Australia is pleased to announce for the third time, a residency in Australia for New Zealand writers. The writer awarded the residency will receive return flights to Sydney, four weeks accommodation and meals […]
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Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize open for entries until March 31
Along with being awarded a publishing contract, the Allen & Unwin NZ Fiction Prize winner receives an advance against royalties of $10,000. The prize is open to all unpublished full-length manuscripts in the fiction genre between 70,000 and 100,000 words in length, written by citizens and residents of New Zealand. Both debut and already-published authors […]
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Literary heavyweights vie for top fiction prize in Ockham NZ Book Awards
WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH 2024 Booker Prize-winning author Eleanor Catton faces off against critically acclaimed former national award winners Emily Perkins, Pip Adam and Stephen Daisley for the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, as finalists in the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards announced today. The four novelists are joined by a further 12 […]
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Three NZ Writers make 2024 Barry Awards finalists
The 2024 Barry Awards Congratulations to NZ writers Vanda Symon (NZSA President), Michael Bennett, and Anthony McCarten who are finalists in these awards. Best Paperback Original Mystery or Crime Novel Mia P. Manansala, MURDER AND MAMON (Berkley) Rick Mofina, EVERY THING SHE FEARED (MIRA) Jake Needham, WHO THE HELL IS HARRY BLACK? (Half Penny) Jesse […]
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THE 2023 BRAM STOKER AWARDS® FINAL BALLOT
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is pleased to announce the Final Ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards®. The HWA (see http://www.horror.org/) is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with more than 2,000 members. We have presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987 (see https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/). Works appearing on this […]
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Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust announces residencies for 2024
Six writers have been awarded 2024 residencies at the historic cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature, and applications for the NZYWF Young Writer in Residence 2024 will open in late April. The Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust is delighted to announce its residencies for 2024 have been awarded to April-Rose Geers, Feana Tu’akoi, […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 Shortlist Announced
15 February 2024 The NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 shortlist, announced today, features a mixture of debut authors and well-known writers. Books by Carl Nixon, DV Bishop, Kelly Gibney, Sarah and Otis Frizzell, Eileen Merriman, David Hill, James Russell and Peter Millett are among the diverse titles nominated for the NZ Booklovers Awards, along with exciting […]
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Launch of NZSA’s new Mentorships for Kaituhi Māori
A tono for kaituhi Māori across the motu: apply to be mentored by an established and acclaimed Māori writer! The new Kaituhi Māori Mentorship Programme gives emerging writers who whakapapa Māori the opportunity to work closely with an acclaimed Māori writer as their mentor to hone their tuhituhi ability and, in the process, evolve and […]
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Te Papa Tupu open 2024-2025
Te Papa Tupu incubator programme for 2024–25 Te Papa Tupu is open to Māori writers who have written a manuscript, are living in Aotearoa and are committed to attending, learning and fulfilling a dream of being published. This is a fantastic opportunity to be connected with other Māori writers and industry experts. As a […]
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2024 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal Winner
National Library’s Elizabeth Jones wins Storylines’ top Award National Library’s Director, Elizabeth Jones, has been named the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner 2024. The award is presented annually to a person for their lifetime achievement and significant contribution to the broad field of children’s and young adult literature and literacy. As Director of Literacy and Learning […]
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Praised and popular books nominated for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2024 Bestselling and critically acclaimed works of fiction, illuminating poetry collections, absorbing memoirs, and books that explore our whenua, flora and fauna feature alongside those that celebrate our culinary and artistic heroes and heroines in the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlists announced today. Twelve of the 44 longlisted […]
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