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Announcing the National Flash Fiction Day 2020 online programme
NFFD NZ moves online this year! Our big day of celebrating the shortest form will still take place and include a series of readings, interviews and prize-givings. You will find new videos posted at the Flash Frontier YouTube channel — please subscribe and follow new happenings in the flash world! Here’s what you can expect: Today you will find […]
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TAUTAI FALE-SHIP Home Residencies
ARTIST CALLOUT for TAUTAI FALE-SHIP Home Residencies 🐚🏠💕 Applications due Friday 5th June at midday – APPLY NOW! Moana artists make some of their best work at home; at the kitchen table, in living rooms surrounded by family, in bedrooms and garages, in home studios where we feel safe and connected to those around […]
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2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand (SFFANZ). NZSA congratulates our many members in this list of 2020 finalists. Best Novel The Blacksmith, Barbara Howe (IFWG Australia) The Prince of Secrets, A.J. Lancaster (Camberion) Solar Federation, S.E. Mulholland (self-published) Into the Ashes, Lee […]
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2020 TEXT PRIZE FOR YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S WRITING – SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
Text is delighted to announce that seven manuscripts have been shortlisted for the 2020 $10,000 Text Prize for young adult and children’s writing… The winner of the 2020 Text Prize will be announced in an online event on Wednesday 20 May. THEREFORE I AM by Miranda Luby Sarah is determined to leave her […]
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2020 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
12 May 2020 Debut novelist wins country’s richest literary prize Westport writer Becky Manawatu has won this year’s $55,000 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for her first novel, Auē. Manawatu’s win was announced during a virtual ceremony which began at 6pm this evening, simultaneously live-streamed via the Awards’ YouTube […]
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The Coalition for Books is hosting an online drop-in with Creative New Zealand this Friday!
Calling all writers, publishers, literary events professionals, arts practitioners and organisations who want to know more about Creative New Zealand’s Emergency Response Package … The Coalition for Books is hosting an online drop-in with Creative New Zealand this Friday: Date/Time: Friday, 15 May, 2020, 9.30-11.00am Joining us will be Malcolm Burgess, Arts Practice Director, […]
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Nominations for 2020 Prime Minister’s Awards are now live
Creative New Zealand is now calling for nominations for The Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. These annual awards recognise New Zealand writers who have made a notable contribution to New Zealand literature in the genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. New Zealanders are invited to submit a nomination. The 2019 winners were Fleur […]
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Blackball Writer’s Residency – open for applications.
WEST COAST OPPORTUNITY FOR WRITERS The village of Blackball (pop. 300) on the West Coast of the South Island has both a history of good writing and good writers plus a tradition of activism. It offers a Readers and Writers Festival, a Writer’s Retreat and now, thanks to Creative NZ support, a Writer’s Residency. […]
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Announcing the shortlist for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. Three outstanding manuscripts have been chosen for this year’s shortlist: Flight by Whitney Cox A Good Winter by Giovanna (Gigi) Fenster Pōhara […]
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CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants 2020
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 today! In support of New Zealand writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project, the 2020 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) […]
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Peter Wells Short Fiction contest 2020 – First prize for aspiring young writer Heidi Rogers
4 May 2020 Waikato writing student, Heidi Rogers, received first prize at this year’s Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest. Master of Professional Writing student, Heidi Rogers, has claimed first prize in this year’s Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest. Rogers won the competition for her piece Finding Our Way Around Violets– a story about a couple who is aware […]
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Announcement of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winners
News May 4, 2020 The 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners in 15 Journalism and seven Book, Drama and Music categories were announced on Monday, May 4 at 3 p.m. Eastern. A Special Citation was also awarded. The Board also announces the election of its two co-chairs: Stephen Engelberg, Editor-in-Chief, ProPublica, and Aminda Marqués Gonzalez, President, Publisher and Executive […]
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