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Enter The Griffith Review Emerging Voices Competition 2026
Have a bold story or fresh idea you’re ready to share? The Griffith Review Emerging Voices Competition is your opportunity to bring bold, original fiction or creative non-fiction work to one of Australia’s most respected literary platforms. Here’s the competition information from the Griffith Review website: Griffith Review is looking for submissions of fiction and […]
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Artist in Residence 2026
Apply for the 2026 Artist in Residence The residency is an opportunity to live and make art in an Auckland regional park for eight weeks during October and November 2026. Open to all artists and creatives, working in any art form. Seeking innovative, site-specific proposals from nature-needing artists. Applications for the 2026 residency close on […]
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National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for 2025 Book Awards
Among the most prestigious honors in American letters, the NBCC Awards are the only prizes bestowed by a jury of working critics and book review editors. The National Book Critics Circle on January 20 announced the finalists in six categories for its annual awards for the 2025 publishing year. In a release, the organization of […]
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RAWA Fellowships 2026
RAWA (Readers and Writers Akaroa) delivers a small, friendly literary festival with a big heart. RAWA attracts a high calibre of presenters from across Aotearoa. Our next festival will be held in Akaroa on the weekend of 6-8 March 2026. You can find our full programme here: www.rawafestival.com/2026-programme For RAWA festival 2026, we are delighted […]
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Nominations for 2026 Sir Julius Vogel Awards now open!
Nominations for the 2026 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now being accepted. The nomination period will close at 11:59pm on 31 March 2026. The SJV awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2025 calendar year. Anyone can […]
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2026 Randell Cottage writer’s residency awarded to essa may ranapiri
The Randell Cottage Writers Trust is delighted to announce that essa may ranapiri has been selected as Aotearoa New Zealand Writer-in-Residence for 2026. They will take up the six- month residency in July, and will use this opportunity to work on their first novel, Te Rama Tuna | Eeling by Torchlight, a coming of age […]
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Call for entries: Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize 2026
This is a callout to all young writers! To honour our great friend and esteemed colleague, Rod Oram, we are calling for essays from young people campaigning for a more equitable, sustainable and compassionate world. The closing date for entries is March 27, 2026, at 5pm. Rod Oram was a revered journalist and environmentalist, known […]
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Dawn McMillan newest Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
Congratulations to Dawn McMillan who is the newest Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to children’s literature. A former teacher and much-loved author of both serious and humerous fiction and non-fiction for children, Dawn McMillan has created hundreds of books enjoyed throughout Aotearoa NZ and around the world. Her work, generosity […]
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Entries open for 2026 Ngaio Marsh Awards
Since 2010, the Ngaios have supported, highlighted and celebrated excellence in crime, mystery, and thriller writing from New Zealand storytellers, aka #yeahnoir In 2026 our Ngaios will be presented for: – Best Novel; – Best First-Novel; and – Best Kids/YA Book (biennial prize) Entries closes on 4 February 2026. For more information or to enter a […]
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Te Tupu Hauroa Development Grants 2026 open for applications now
Te Waka Taki Kōrero – Māori Literature Trust invites submissions from mid-career Māori writers seeking to undertake development opportunities between February – May 2026. There are two grants available to the value of $6,000 each. Established with the support of Creative New Zealand, Te Tupu Hauroa is the third step in the Trust’s Poutama Programme. The Pikihuia […]
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2026 Landfall Tauraka Essay & Young Writers’ Essay Prize
Writers from Aotearoa New Zealand are invited to submit essays that engage with and reflect on our culture. Join a tradition of bold, thought-provoking writing. Prize: NZ$3000 + 1-year Landfall Tauraka subscription. Entries: close 31 July 2026. The Landfall Tauraka Young Writers’ Essay Prize is an annual award open to writers aged 16 to 25. […]
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Creative writing prizes award “hilarious and terrifying” memoir plus “deeply humane” poetry work
Niamh Vaughan is this year’s winner of the prestigious Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. The winner of the Biggs Family Prize for Poetry is Will Salmon. Niamh’s memoir, The World Reversed, was written as part of her Master of Arts in Creative Writing folio at the University’s International Institute of […]
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