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Paper Cage by Tm Baragwanath launches August 25
All welcome to attend the launch of the Michael Gifkins Text Prize winner for 2021: Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath A child goes missing in a small town. Then another. And suddenly everyone’s holding their own kids a little tighter. Lorraine doesn’t have kids, but she has a dearly loved nephew. And she knows the […]
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2022 Surrey Hotel Writer’s Residency Award in association with Newsroom – open for entries
Nominations for the 2022 Surrey Hotel Writer’s Residency Award in association with Newsroom close incredibly soon. The cut-off is midnight, Saturday July 30. Email me at stephen11@xtra.co.nz with the subject line in screaming caps THE SURREY HOTEL WRITERS RESIDENCY IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEWSROOM. Send in a brief covering letter outlining the project you have in mind, […]
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Announcing the Winner of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize
Emma Sidnam has been awarded the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize for her manuscript Backwaters. Sidnam wins a publishing contract with Text and a NZ$10,000 advance against royalties. The prize is awarded to an unpublished manuscript by a New Zealand writer, celebrating the life and work of the writer and agent Michael Gifkins. Emma Sidnam […]
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New stories by talented writers awarded 2022 NZSA manuscript assessments
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc announce the writers who will receive manuscript guidance through this year’s CompleteMS programme. Compelling manuscripts crafted by thirteen talented writers, have been chosen to take part in this year’s programme. Writers spend months polishing their stories for entry into this competitive […]
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Te Papa Asian Mental Health Digital Zine Call for Submissions
As part of a wider Asian mental health project, Te Papa invites submissions from Asian voices for a digital zine highlighting the complicated and nuanced discussions of mental health. Possible topics include survival, healing, resilience, coping, trauma, racism, connecting, belonging and community in the context of Asian mental health in Aotearoa. Submissions could be, but are […]
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Heritage Press Ltd Revived
Heritage Press Limited, established in 1989 but idle for much of the last decade, has a new owner — one of its original shareholders — and is back on the New Zealand publishing scene. Patricia Dunmore (also a director of Upstart Press) bought the company back after it had been sold outside of the […]
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Copyright: American Publishers File for Summary Judgment Against the Internet Archive
By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief Pallante: ‘In a Cloak of Public Service’ In a week roiled by difficult news—not least today’s (July 8) assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe—four primary member-publishers of the Association of American Publishers have filed a motion for summary judgment against the Internet Archive in this case that has international implications because of the […]
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Languages of Aotearoa anthology deadline extended – submit this week!
Languages of Aotearoa anthology deadline extended through July 15. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Extended to midnight, Friday 15 July 2022A new volume of micro fictions celebrating languages of Aotearoa!National Flash Fiction Day celebrates 10 years: 2012-2022. This year we will publish an anthology of microfictions with the theme ‘Languages of Aotearoa’. This is an open call […]
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takahe 2022 Monica Taylor Poetry Prize is open!
The Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2022 opens for entries on the 1 June 2022, and closes on 31 August 2022. First Prize: $300 Second Prize: $150 This year all competition entries must be made through Submittable. If you’re not already familiar with Submittable, there is a link to the entry form on takahe website. Good […]
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Creative NZ is thrilled to announce that writer and actor Ali Foa’i has been appointed as Principal Adviser, Pacific Arts. This is a newly created role, supporting the continued successful delivery of the Pacific Arts Strategy 2018-2023. Ali is a proud child of the Pacific, hailing from the villages of Mutalau in Niue, […]
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Winners of 2021 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement and recipient of Michael King Writer’s Fellowship honoured at Premier House
22 Jun 2022 On June 22, Anne Kennedy, Dame Claudia Josepha Orange, David Hill and Dr. Monty Soutar were honoured by Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, at Premier House. Each year, the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, organised by Creative New Zealand, celebrate writers from […]
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Hardie Grant Ampersand Prize
Submission Guidelines Ampersand Prize Winner 2020 Ampersand Shortlist Acquisitions 2020 Ampersand Prize Shortlist 2020 Ampersand Prize Winner 2020 Hardie Grant accept submissions from any person who has not previously had a young adult, middle-grade or graphic novel published by a trade publishing house anywhere in the world. If you have had a picture book, general […]
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