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NZSA Central Districts Branch Summer Essay competition results
Where writers from all over central district told us about where they lived, the people and spaces that made their “there” special. FIRST PLACE went to Palmerston North writer Anna Sophia with her essay @42 HIGHLY COMMENDED were Shelley Burne Field from Takapau with The Shape of Me, and Miriam Sharland from Palmerston North with Westerly. […]
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A message from PEN UKRAINE to all PEN INTERNATIONAL members
Dear friends, thank you so much for your help and support! We are still fighting with Russia and the biggest part of the country sleeps in bomb shelters. Some of our authors were forced to leave their homes because Russian missiles have ruined their cities and villages. Around 40 PEN Ukraine members are still in […]
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Pen International condemns invasion of Ukraine
PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by over 1000 writers worldwide, expressing solidarity with writers, journalists, artists, and the people of Ukraine, condemning the Russian invasion and calling for an immediate end to the bloodshed. Read in Ukrainian, Russian, Arabic, French and Spanish. To our friends and colleagues in Ukraine, We, writers around the […]
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Judges Announce ‘Surprisingly Diverse’ Shortlist
Dazzling and diverse writing that reveals and reflects our changing world is the hallmark of the sixteen finalist books in the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, announced today. The shortlist – selected from a longlist of 40 books by four panels of specialist judges (for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and general non-fiction) – includes […]
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All in for Arts: He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou 2022
The great All in for Arts: He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou pivot continues! To everyone feeling the turbulence right now; we’re with you. Hā ki roto – breathe in. Hā ki waho – breathe out. And onwards. Introducing: All in for Arts: He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou – the […]
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NZSA CompleteMS Programme opens
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript that’s ready to take to the next level? Poetry, fiction, short fiction, non-fiction… Apply now for the NZSA Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment Programme. The NZSA CompleteMS assessment programme is now open for applications. Thirteen successful applicants will receive essential critical feedback on an advanced work, moving it closer to […]
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Antipodes journal features Patricia Grace – call out
We invite essay submissions for a special feature section in Antipodes, journal of the American Association for Australasian Studies (AAALS) examining the work of Māori author Patricia Grace, of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa and Te Āti Awa descent, and affiliated to Ngāti Porou by marriage. In 1978, with Mutuwhenua, Patricia Grace was the first Māori […]
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Call out for Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities
IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) is calling for nomination of titles for their 2023 Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. We want to identify well-written and illustrated books, published in 2018 or later, for and about young people with different abilities, presented with dignity, emphasising the person rather than the disability […]
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Antipodes journal open to creative writing submissions
The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS), together with the American Australian Association, welcomes submissions to our second annual creative writing competition. Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australia and New Zealand Literature, and the official journal of the AAALS, is accepting submissions of scholarly articles, fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. The journal is published […]
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Author Caroline Barron signs with Australian publisher for debut novel
High Spot Literary is delighted to announce that World Rights to Auckland-based author and NZSA member Caroline Barron’s first novel have been acquired by Affirm Press in Melbourne, Australia.Set in the mid-nineties, GOLDEN DAYS is the story of the intense friendship between bookish Becky and sparkling Zoe—music, clubs, art collaboration, spirituality, sex—and what happens when […]
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Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme opens
Te Pou’s 2022 Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme is open for submissions. Four Māori playwrights will be invited to take part in a three-month play development programme. They will bring their ideas to life in a 12-week writing programme, including regular script mentor sessions, a one-week intensive script workshop followed by a reading and a writers […]
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Te Tauihu Short Story Awards open for entries
The New Zealand Society of Authors Top of the South Branch, in association with Wakatū Incorporation, announces the inaugural Te Tauihu Short Story Awards. This unique award offers equal prizes for the country’s two official written languages, English and Māori. E tono ana Ngā Tohu Kōrero Poto o Te Tauihu i ngā whakaurunga kua tuhia […]
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