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‘Normal Rules Don’t Apply’ – Creative NZ Explains Funding
26 Mar 2020 Reproduced from The Big Idea. Emergency funding support – or lack of it – has been the arts’ hottest topic. Creative New Zealand fronts up to The Big Idea. There’s a well-worn adage that “life is a series of moments.” Some of them shape us more than others, their imprint forever altering […]
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Tautai Oceania Internships Programme 2020
Five internships are available to Pasifika arts practitioners across all disciplines that are keen to build their experience in arts administration. We are now inviting applications from suitably qualified, hard-working, enthusiastic and determined people who are serious about forging a career in the arts. The Internships are paid and will run for 20 weeks, working […]
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Creative Residency – Canterbury
This residency programme supports creative professionals practicing in any creative media to work on a project for up to three months at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. It is open to people from New Zealand and around the world for a residency period of between 1 and […]
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Sargeson Prize Short story competition
First offered in 2019, the Sargeson Prize is New Zealand’s richest short story prize, sponsored by the University of Waikato. Named for celebrated New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson, the Prize was conceived by writer Catherine Chidgey, who also lectures in Writing Studies at the University. Entries open on 1 April for the 2020 Sargeson […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2020 Winners Announced
Kirsty Powell, Catherine Foster and Gavin Bishop are winners in the 2020 NZ Booklovers Awards announced today. ‘We are pleased to announce three award-winning books that families in New Zealand will enjoy for many reasons,’ says NZ Booklovers Director Karen McMillan. ‘Our chosen novel is a polished piece of storytelling that follows three generations of […]
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Enter the North & South Short, Short Story competition
The North & South Short, Short Story competition is back – a bit later than usual, but as cool and competitive as ever! We had a bumper crop in 2019, and are hoping for another bundle of flash fiction gems. Again, stories must be 300 words or fewer. There are no boundaries as to themes, structure or […]
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Storylines Manuscript Awards and shortlists announced for 2020
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand http://www.storylines.org.nz Congratulations to all NZSA members listed below: The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust is pleased to announce the shortlists for the Storylines Joy Cowley Award for a picture book text, the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award for a junior novel manuscript, the Storylines Te Kāhurangi Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira […]
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2020 Storylines Notable Book winners announced
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand http://www.storylines.org.nz The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust is pleased to announce its Storylines Notable Book Awards 2020 for the highest quality books in five genres published during 2019. The awards lists are compiled from more than 110 entries from publishers by expert panels of authors, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and […]
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EXCELLENCE DRIVES FIERCE COMPETITION IN OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS’ SHORTLIST
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020 Debut writers and literary luminaries vie for the country’s premier book honours in today’s finalist announcement of 16 compelling works that explore and re-imagine the natural, cultural and creative landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ 2020 finalists were selected by four panels of three specialist judges […]
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New writing fellowships promote literary/ cultural exchange – OTAGO
Friday 14 February 2020 Two new University of Otago writing fellowships will facilitate and encourage literary and cultural exchange between Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand. Attached to Otago’s Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies (CISS), the CISS Scottish Writers Fellowship and CISS Irish Writers Fellowship will run in alternate years from 2020 onwards. The […]
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New Zealand’s Richest Literary Award Donor Reveals Her Identity
The anonymous benefactor responsible for funding the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ $50,000 annual fiction prize is ready to be known. Retired Bay of Plenty radiologist Jann Medlicott has been an avid reader her whole life and believes we cannot call ourselves a civilised society until we celebrate our writers and poets as much as […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2020 Shortlist Announced
A mixture of well-known New Zealanders and new talent feature in the NZ Booklovers Awards 2020 shortlist announced today. Books by Gregg McGee, Rachel Hunter, Josh Emett, Eleanor Ozich, Donovan Bixley, David Hall and Gavin Bishop are among the diverse range of titles nominated for the NZ Booklovers Awards, along with exciting new writers. Six […]
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