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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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2023 Peter Porter Poetry Prize – opens July 11
The Australian Book Review Peter Porter Poetry Prize opens for 2023 First prize: $6,000AUD Four other shortlisted poets: $1,000AUD Opening: 11 July – 3 October 2022 Judges: TBA Australian Book Review will soon open entries for the nineteenth Peter Porter Poetry Prize, for which all poets writing in English are eligible. We will be accepting submissions […]
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Prime Ministers Awards for Literary Achievement 2022
Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2022 – open now for entries The annual Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement recognise New Zealand writers who have made a notable contribution to New Zealand literature in the genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Amount: $60,000 in each category Watch this video on You Tube on how […]
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Nick Bollinger named as Lilburn Research Fellow 2023
Writer, musician, and broadcaster Nick Bollinger has been awarded the prestigious Lilburn Research Fellowship for 2023. Mr Bollinger will use the Fellowship to research and write a book on culture, class and identity in New Zealand music, while being based at the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. Exploring historic […]
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Dark deeds and fresh blood: 2022 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed
The Ngaio Marsh Awards celebrate literary excellence in crime, mystery and thriller writing. This year’s longlist has just been announced — Included amongst its illustrious ranks we have novels set in Renaissance Florence, 1930s Singapore, New York City, and 1990s Auckland — with many established authors sitting alongside debut writers. The diversity of tropes, characters, styles, […]
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