• Announcing the shortlist for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel

    Posted on 8 May 2020

    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Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel.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

    Posted on 8 May 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

    Posted on 5 May 2020

    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

    Posted on 5 May 2020

    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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  • A NEW $30,000 LITERARY PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION – NOW OPEN

    Posted on 1 May 2020

    With prize money of $30,000, the new ARA Historical Novel Prize gives Australian and New Zealand historical novelists the chance to be recognised in a class of their own, with the most significant prize purse for any genre-based prize in Australasia.   The ARA Historical Novel Prize has been made possible by the generosity of […]

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  • OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS WINNERS CEREMONY – LIVE ONLINE MAY 12, 6pm!

    Posted on 1 May 2020

    The 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards winners’ ceremony will take place LIVE, on line from 6pm, Tuesday 12 May.   The New Zealand Society of Authors and other NZ literary organisations, publishers, and finalists will all co-host the Ockhams Event on Facebook.  SEE YOU THERE!   The ceremony will also be streamed via the […]

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  • CLNZ/NZSA $25,000 Writers’ Award 2020

    Posted on 30 April 2020

    Applications Open Early to Support Writers   $25,000 award to a New Zealand writer one of the highest non-fiction prizes in New Zealand literature presented by the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) brought forward by three months to support NZ writers CLNZ and NZSA have brought forward the application process for […]

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  • Storylines Notable Book Awards 2020 – virtual flyer now available

    Posted on 24 April 2020

    Storylines Notable Books List 2020     The 2020 Storylines Notable Books List, for the highest quality books in five genres published during 2019, is now available online.   It is compiled by the Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust from over 110 entries from publishers by expert panels of authors, teachers, librarians, academics and parents. […]

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  • Riordans to Match Up to $100,000 in Donations to #SaveIndieBookstores

    Posted on 24 April 2020

    Rick and Becky Riordan have announced a personal matching gift challenge for the #SaveIndieBookstores campaign, in which they will match each dollar raised up to US$100,000. The Binc fundraising campaign was launched with a donation by James Patterson. Fundraising began on April 2 and runs through April 30. Riordan, who is the bestselling author of […]

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  • Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel – Longlist announcement!

    Posted on 24 April 2020

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc and Text Publishing are delighted to announce the longlist for the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2020. The longlisted writers are: Coral Atkinson, Whitney Cox, David Coyle, Juliana Feaver, Giovanna (Gigi) Fenster, Robin Harding, Maria Joseph, Rudy Castaneda Lopez, […]

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  • Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist 2020 led by Mantel, Evaristo and O’Farrell

    Posted on 22 April 2020

    Finalists for the £30,000 prize announced after ‘a long Zoom meeting’ were praised by judges for engaging with the biggest contemporary issues Alison Flood     Tue 21 Apr 2020   Challenging … (from left) Bernardine Evaristo, Maggie O’Farrell, Hilary Mantel. Composite: Alamy, Rex, David Levene Set in an Elizabethan England haunted by the threat of […]

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  • Catherine Chidgey and Fiona Sussman shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize – congratulations!

    Posted on 21 April 2020

    2020 COMMONWEALTH SHORT STORY PRIZE SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Two award-winning New Zealand authors, Catherine Chidgey and Fiona Sussman on shortlist CHAIR OF JUDGES NII AYIKWEI PARKES HAILS STORIES WHICH ARE ‘HARROWING AS WELL AS UPLIFTING, TRAGIC AS WELL AS FUNNY’ Twenty outstanding stories have been shortlisted by an international judging panel for the world’s most global […]

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