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Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist 2020 led by Mantel, Evaristo and O’Farrell
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!
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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The Raymond Carver Short Story Contest – open April 1 – May 15
Open April 1 – May 15 each year. $2500 in cash prizes, plus 3 literary agents will read your work. We accept stories from all over the world and many winners have gone on to have successful careers as published authors. Past guest judges include Aimee Bender, Ben Fountain, Pinckney Benedict, Susan Perabo, and Christopher […]
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The Novel Prize – open for entries April 1 – July 1 GMT
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are pleased to announce The Novel Prize, a new biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world. The Novel Prize offers $10,000 to the winner, and simultaneous publication of their novel in the UK and Ireland […]
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CLNZ launches new contestable funding round – Open April 15-Closes April 29
Applications are now open for a Special Round of Contestable Fund Grants, with $120,000 available to apply for. Copyright Licensing New Zealand is running a Special Round of its Contestable Fund Grants in order to support short-term projects that have arisen or been developed to respond to the changed environment in the New Zealand […]
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Answering Your Questions: Creative NZ Funding Hui
Do you have the key to unlocking the funding on offer? Here’s Creative New Zealand’s take on some industry questions Just days after launching the first phase of the Emergency Funding Package to address the industry-wide devastation caused by COVID-19, Creative NZ began trying to demystify the application process by passing the mic […]
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OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS GO VIRTUAL FOR 2020 WINNERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS
The winners of the country’s premier literary honours – the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards – will be delivered to the nation online, on the original date set down for the awards ceremony in Auckland: Tuesday 12 May. “Covid-19 has interfered with our annual celebration of the finalist authors and publishers in an event that’s […]
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Jess Hill wins the 2020 Australian Stella Prize for her study of domestic abuse
Journalist Jess Hill has won the $50,000 Stella Prize for writing by Australian women for See What You Made Me Do (Black Inc), her study of domestic abuse in Australia. Louise Swinn, chair of the Stella Prize judging panel, said Hill’s book “meticulously dismantle[s] all of the lazy old lies we associate with domestic […]
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Details of Creative New Zealand’s first phase arts sector boost, ahead of 14 April opening
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini My strength is not that of the individual but of the collective As promised, we’ve got more details to share about our Emergency Response Package, ahead of opening the opportunities next Tuesday 14 April. Please see our update below. Monday April 6 CREATIVE NEW […]
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Gifkins Prize-winning Soldiers moved to September Publication & Key Dates for 2020 Gifkins Winner Announcement
Tom Remiger’s Soldiers, the second winner of the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize, will now be published on 1 September 2020. Remiger received a publishing contract with Text Publishing and a NZ$10,000 advance against royalties. Finished copies are now available for media and booksellers upon request. Remiger will be available for interviews around the date of […]
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ARTISTS, WRITERS, CREATIVES, MEDIA ORGS NEED URGENT SUPPORT – Germany leads the world
Germany Has Rolled Out a Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package For Small Businesses That Boosts Artists and Galleries—and Puts Other Countries to Shame “Artists are not only indispensable, but also vital, especially now,” says the country’s culture minister. Kate Brown, March 25, 2020 Angela Merkel and Monika Grütters. Photo: Christian Marquardt/Getty Images. The […]
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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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