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The 2025 Commonwealth Short Story prize winner
We are delighted to announce Chanel Sutherland as the overall winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Chanel, born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and living in Montreal, Canada, saw off 7,920 entrants worldwide to take the £5,000 prize. In her powerful winning story, ‘Descend’, enslaved Africans share their life stories as the […]
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The July Not Quite Write Prize is coming!
In just 4 weeks, the prompts for the July Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction will drop, and trust us, they’re worth the wait. So, if you’ve been searching for an excuse to escape ‘the horrors’ and dive into writing, now’s your chance. Just ask our recent winner, Louise: ‘I never realised how much an author […]
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2026 Scholastic Asian Book Award
Application Closing Date: 31 Oct, 5:00pm (SGT) Calling all children’s book writers! Submissions are now open for the Scholastic Asian Book Award (SABA). A joint initiative between SBC and Scholastic Asia, this award seeks to reward unpublished manuscripts by children’s authors of Asian origin that capture the unique spirit, experiences and ideas of Asia. The […]
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E Tū Toi Is Live!
We’re thrilled to announce that project running through our pilot Māori match funding initiative E Tū Toi are officially live and funding! This year with the support of the Creative New Zealand Māori Strategy and Partnerships team, we’re proud to present our selected E Tū Toi kaupapa for this month! For the first time ever […]
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Nominate the next Poet Laureate
In 2007 the government established the New Zealand Poet Laureate Award to raise the profile of poetry in New Zealand. For a three-year period, the Laureate is supported by the National Library to create new work and promote poetry throughout the country. The Laureate is an accomplished and highly regarded poet who can speak on […]
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Whitireia working group established
After the concerning news broke that Whitireia’s publishing programme was at risk of not continuing without substantial industry support – PANZ swung into action. We updated all of our members on the events taking place, meetings were held with Whitireia, and we asked our members if anyone would be willing to join a working group. […]
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PANZ’s withdrawal from the 2027 Bologna Guest of Honour Programme
Earlier this month, the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) / Te Rau o Tākupu has announced its withdrawal from the prestigious Guest of Honour role at the 2027 Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy. Peter Dowling and Julia Marshall, co-leaders of PANZ’s Bologna Guest of Honour Steering Group, provide further insight into that decision with an article released […]
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Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust Residence winners
From a UNESCO City of Music to a UNESCO City of Literature, the 12 writers who will take up residence at an historic cottage in Dunedin between late 2025 and early 2026 have been confirmed. The Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust has been a haven for authors for decades, with the likes of Claire Mabey, […]
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Hamilton Book Month 2025 Programme Launch!
Most events are free and others are low cost. Several require registration via our website. Sign up for our six workshops! Do you have an idea for a feature article? Come and work with experienced journalist Venetia Sherson. Want to try your hand at fiction? Register to work with Ockham award-winner Damien Wilkins. Keen to […]
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Boosted X Moana Registrations
I am incredibly pleased to announce that Boosted X Moana, Aotearoa’s leading Pasifika arts crowdfunding initiative has officially opened registrations for it’s third funding cohort. Now in its fifth year, the programme supported by Creative New Zealand’s Pacific strategy team, has raised more than $1m with Pasifika creatives and continues to support creative projects through […]
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KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival
KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival — one of Aotearoa’s first and only Māori writers festivals — returns to Rotorua this year with a bold new line-up, a dedicated day in te reo Māori, and a continued commitment to the future of Māori literature. Māori literature continues to thrive. At the prestigious 2025 Ockham […]
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Selina Tusitala Marsh appointed the inaugural Commonwealth Poet Laureate
For the first time in its 75-year history, the Commonwealth of Nations has a Poet Laureate. Award-winning Pacific writer Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh ONZM, FRSNZ has been appointed by the Director-General of the Commonwealth Foundation, Dr Anne T. Gallagher AO, to the brand-new, two-year post, placing creative expression at the heart of the Commonwealth’s work. […]
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