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2026 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medalist to Tim Tipene
The Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki is delighted to announce Tim Tipene as the 2026 recipient of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal. This award is recognised as New Zealand’s most prestigious honour for authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s and young adult literature. About the Honouree Tim Tipene is awarded in […]
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Kidman Writers Residency 2026 Winner Announced
The Kidman Writers Residency in London is delighted to announce that Saraid de Silva is the inaugural Writer in Residence for 2026. Saraid de Silva is a writer and arts worker from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her debut novel, Amma, was published in Australia, New Zealand and the UK in 2024. In 2025 Amma was long listed by the New […]
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Ages of Pages, Hamilton May 2
Where Readers and Authors Connect 9.30am-4pm, Saturday 02 May 2026 Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton Free entry. Discover new and exciting reads * Buy books and have them signed by the author * Meet your favourite authors Find out more Vendor Registration
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Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2026 programme
Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts proudly partners with Verb Wellington for a vibrant weekend Writers programme. Thios year marks 40 years of the festival and we acknowledge all the briliant literary artists who have graced our stages and the wonderful community of readers and writers who have welcoed them. In that spirit, we’re […]
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NZSA Statement to members: PLR problems
It was brought to my attention this week that problems have occurred with the 2025 Public Lending Right (PLR) funding round. An administrative error within National Library of NZ (NLNZ), who administer the scheme, meant that 318 authors incorrectly received emails mid-year stating that they were eligible for a PLR payout in 2025. This […]
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NZSA National Board seeks Youth representative
We seek a new NZSA National Board Youth representative. Next Page Aotearoa, started as Pens and PJ’s, and has its own developing programme of professional development and events. Next Page Aotearoa – NZSA Youth Branch This is an opportunity to learn about governance. We thank Jessica Thomas for all her work on the board this last year. […]
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NZSA seeks a Delegate to represent Northern Districts: Northland, Auckland, Waikato / Bay of Plenty
Your current national board delegate and NZSA Vice-President Melinda Syzmanik is standing down this year. We need a new delegate for Northern Districts. We thank Melinda sincerely for her significant contribution and efforts to grow and develop our organisation and support the northern regional branches. Nominations for the Northern Districts regional delegate for the National Board are […]
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Folly 004 is now open for submissions.
Our award winning international indie journal remains a once a year literary feast. “A curation of decadence and intelligent writing with – as Henry Miller may say – a side of literary fuck fest.” Folly’s editor @emily_broadmore says she’s “particularly after social commentary, personal essays and journalistic style works this year. Alongside the usual memoiresque […]
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 Longlist Announcement
5.00AM, THURSDAY 29 JANUARY 2026 Authors’ creativity, intellect and determination recognised Authors who are unafraid to tackle the pressing moments of our past, present and future dominate the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlist announced today. Among the 44 powerful, page-turning books are jaw-dropping true stories, fascinating histories, best-selling novels and incisive poetry […]
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Caselberg Trust Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Resident 2026
The Caselberg Trust announces that the recipient of its Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency in 2026 will be poet Sofia Drew from Tāmaki Makaurau. Sofia is currently studying English literature and philosophy in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, and has had her writing published in Starling, Symposia, Salient and A Fine Line. The residency is named after well-known and much-loved Dunedin writer Elizabeth […]
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Headland Submissions for Issue 25 Now Open
Guidelines Headland welcomes unsolicited submissions, but we do ask you to read these guidelines thoroughly to ensure that you do not spend your energy on preparing a submission that we will be unable to accept. Submissions for Issue 25 are now open until 30 January 2026. We accept short fiction and creative nonfiction only (up to 5,000 […]
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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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