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From shattered to shining: Becky Manawatu wins Sargeson Prize for story of a broken vase
Embargoed until 8pm Saturday 11 October 2025 Winners of the 2025 Sargeson Prize Award-winning author Becky Manawatu has taken out the prestigious Sargeson Prize with a quirky, unforgettable tale of a vase mysteriously resurrected after being smashed during a cousins’ drinking session. With a $15,000 first prize, New Zealand’s biggest short story competition drew […]
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Two NZ books receive 2025 White Ravens
Two NZ books will be awarded a 2025 White Raven Award at a ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair, with their books accessioned to the International Youth Library. Congratulations to NZSA member Mandy Hager for her young adult novel Gracehopper (One Tree House) and to Elizabeth Gray for her picture book Hineraukatauri me Te Ara Pūoro (Huia Publishers). […]
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Arts Funding 101 – Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand Funding 101 CNZ have produced this explainer on Arts Funding as part of its advocacy work. Arts Funding 101 explains the arts ecosytem and is a tool we can all use to encourage support when seeking support. CNZ Funding 101 2025 High Res 1
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The NZ Historical Association 2025 NZHA book short lists announced
Oct 9 NZHA are excited to announce the shortlist for our two book prizes, the Erik Olssen Prize for the best first book and the W.H. Oliver Prize for the best book in New Zealand history. Winners will be announced at the NZHA Conference in November. Erik Olssen first book prize The NZHA established the […]
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Bob Docherty wins 2025 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award
Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award Winner Announced Retired Christchurch librarian and passionate children’s books advocate Bob Docherty has been named the winner of the 2025 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award, which is given annually for distinguished long-term service to children’s and young adult literature at a regional or national level. “Bob represents the very best of the unsung heroes of […]
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2024 Australasian Shadows Awards Winners
The winning entries in the 2024 Australasian Shadows Awards have been announced! Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who made the shortlists. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony at Conflux 19, held recently in Canberra. Short Fiction Winner: “Archive of the Dead” by Pamela Jeffs (SNAFU: AI Insurrection, Cohesion Press) Shortlist: […]
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Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2025 – winners announced
The winners of the 2025 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize have been announced. The competition is now in its fifteenth year, and this year attracted 150 poems from New Zealand, the USA and Germany. This year’s competition was judged by poet Robert Sullivan. This year’s winner is Helen Williford-Lower from Te Matau-a-Māui (Hawkes Bay) for […]
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The 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition Shortlist
SHORT LIST An adaptable man by Hayden Pyke A Cigarette at Taurua Stream by Anna Scaife Double Helix by Elizabeth Kelsey Father figures by Jemma Richardson Inside by Tim Saunders Janus-faced Survival Mode by Sharni Wilson Meatless by Shelley Burne-Field Minotaur by Lee Hana One Week to Live by Michael Botur On the Couch by […]
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Allen & Unwin Aotearoa NZ Fiction Prize
The Allen & Unwin Aotearoa NZ Fiction Prize has been created to support New Zealand writers and to give our readers fantastic, home-grown stories that resonate. The winner will be awarded a publishing contract with an advance against royalties of $NZD 10,000. The competition will be open to all unpublished full-length commercial fiction manuscripts between 70,000 […]
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NZSA member Anna Cleary wins Allen & Unwin NZ 2025 Fiction Prize
October 6, 2025 Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand is pleased to announce that the winner of our 2025 Fiction Prize is Tauranga writer, Anne Cleary. Her winning entry, Apple Man, is a hugely engaging psychological thriller about a young boy who goes missing while on a fishing trip with his father. We received more […]
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The Commonwealth Short Story Prize opens for entries
The prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. Submissions should be made via the online entry form, which is available via the link above. The eligibility requirements and entry rules can be found here. Writers have until 11.59pm GMT on 1 November 2025 to enter […]
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Winners of The Surrey Hotel Writers Residency Announced
Ōtaki writer Joanna Cho has won the $3000 first prize in the 2025 Surrey Hotel writer residency award, announced live on air just before 2pm today by Jesse Mulligan on his RNZ Afternoons show. And Lord of the Rings actor Bruce Hopkins, who captured the public imagination these past few weeks of the contest when […]
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