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Creative NZ launches new Advocacy Guide
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The Letter Review – submisions close Oct 31 for poetry, short story… & journal submissions
The Letter Review Prize for Short Stories Entries close 31st October 11:59 pm (ET) First place: $600 USD and publication. Second place: $250 USD and publication. Third place: $150 and publication. 20 stories longlisted. 10 shortlisted. All entries are considered for publication. For tales between 400 – 3000 words. Open to writers from anywhere in […]
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AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU – new initiative and publishing opportunity
AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Aotearoa Stories Nau mai haere mai Welcome to Aotearoa New Zealand’s short story organisation Te wāhi mō ngā paki, te tuhi momorua me whakamātau, te pakiwaitara tere me poto. A space for short stories, hybrid and experimental writing, flash and microfiction.Te whakanui i te matatau o te […]
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NZSA President Dr Vanda Symon and Witi Ihimaera – kōrero
OAR FM Dunedin – Community Access Media Listen here as NZSA President Vanda Symon talks with novelist, short story writer and anthologist Witi Ihimaera about the craft of writing. This is part 1 of a session from the recent New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa New Plymouth Roadshow. Thanks to NZSA Central Districts […]
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2022 ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with Australia’s leading essential building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, is excited to announce the winners of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize. The winner of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Adult Category is Corporal Hitler’s Pistol by Tom Keneally (Penguin Random House). The winner […]
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NZSA Heritage Book Awards 2022 – Winners announced
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) and the Canterbury branch of NZSA are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 NZSA Heritage Book Awards! Link to audio for 2022 prizegiving ceremony https://shows.acast.com/the-authors-tale/episodes/bonus-episode-heritage-book-award-winners-david-hill-and-jen https://shows.acast.com/the-authors-tale/episodes/bonus-episode-heritage-book-award-winners-janet-newman-and-n With many thanks to our judges, here are the winning books for the […]
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Inhale
Haere mai to Inhale This is a new publisher for wāhine Māori! ‘We print bold stories – the stories that require us to be courageous and brave, to be vulnerable and passionate. Stories that challenge ourselves and those around us, and the stories within us that the world needs to hear. Be heard. Share […]
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The Kaipukahu University of Waikato Writer in Residence 2023 Te Kura Toi, School of Arts
You will be a writer of fiction, poetry, drama or serious non-fiction and seeking a full-time opportunity to write for a year in an academic environment supported by a living wage. You will be entitled to work and live in NZ. You will be provided with office space and computer facilities in the English Programme […]
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The Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards are now open
2022 Sunday Star Times Short Story competition – terms and conditions Sep 25 2022 STUFF Entries for the 2022 Sunday Star-Times short story competition are open. Now in their 39th year, the awards are among New Zealand’s most prestigious and established writing prizes. The competition has helped the careers of many well-known writers including Eleanor Catton, Sarah Laing, […]
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Global celebration of Katherine Mansfield’s creative legacy to take place in 2023
14 October 2022 In 2023 internationally renowned modernist writer Katherine Mansfield will be celebrated throughout Aotearoa and the world. Mansfield was born in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington on 14 October 1888 and died in Fontainebleau, France, on 9 January 1923. Alongside other 20th century literary giants James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence, Katherine defined modernism by […]
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Aotearoa’s richest short story prize – the Sargeson Prize awarded to NZSA member Leeanne O’Brien
WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER The art of the Kiwi short story is alive and well if entries to this year’s Sargeson Prize are anything to go by. Judge Dame Fiona Kidman says she was overwhelmed by the number and quality of submissions which saw 960 entries in the Open Division and 165 entries in the […]
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