• 2024 Te Tauihu Short Story Awards results – congratulations to finalists and winners

    2024 Te Tauihu Short Story Awards results Te reo Māori category: FIRST PRIZE: Ko te Haerenga by Atakohu Middleton HIGHLY COMMENDED: Ko te rā tū tēnei by Hāmihi Duncan HIGHLY COMMENDED: Te hapori karawēne by Dr Darryn Joseph Judge Vaughan Rapatahana said: “I think that, without any doubt, our first prize winner is Ko te […]

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  • This Way Lies Madness – anthology call for submissions

      In the tradition of Poe’s ‘A Tell-tale Heart’ and Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, This Way Lies Madness (publishing September 2025) will bring together a twisted tangle of dark stories featuring monstrous manifestations of trauma and guilt, paranoia and persecution, anxiety, addiction, and crippling terror. In these pages, readers should expect to find madness in all its forms, […]

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  • Call for nominations for Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi Awards 2024

    Nominate Now! Tuku tono mai! Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is calling for public nominations to honor outstanding toi Māori artists at the Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi Awards 2024. Recognise the contributions of Māori artists in our communities. Three award categories are open for nomination, each with a $10,000 prize: Ngā Tohu […]

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  • Poisons, pandemic, and a pregnant detective: 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed

    A neurodivergent expert on toxic botanicals, a harrowing exploration of jury deliberations, a high-tech thriller from an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, a desperate mother searching for her son as lockdown kicks in, a gay sleuth in Renaissance Florence, and the return of a beloved fictional detective are among the diverse books named today on the longlist for […]

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  • Announcing the winner of the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished novel

    July 15, 2024 Jeffrey Buchanan has been named the winner of the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for his manuscript The Birds Began to Sing. Buchanan wins a publishing contract with Text and a NZ$10,000 advance against royalties. The prize is awarded annually to an unpublished manuscript by a New Zealand writer, and celebrates the life […]

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  • Northland Branch NZSA (PEN) National Short Story Competition

    Northland Branch NZSA (PEN) National Short Story Competition 2024 Run by Northland Branch NZSA (PEN Inc) Sponsored by The Northern Advocate & Pavlova Press   PRIZES: First Place $500 Second place $100 Third Place $50 All three stories will be published by The Northern Advocate (NZME) over the summer holiday period, as well as on the Northland […]

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  • ANZSI Indexing Awards and ANZSI John Simkin Medal 2024

      The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) has announced nominations are now open for the ANZSI Indexing Awards and ANZSI John Simkin Medal 2024. The ANZSI John Simkin Medal recognises an outstanding book index or periodical index compiled in Australia or New Zealand. Indexes may be nominated by authors, editors, indexers, publishers or readers. […]

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  • Emele Ugavule named as 2024 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University

    9 July 2024 Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce Tokelauan Fijian storyteller Emele Ugavule as the 2024 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence. Emele will receive a stipend of $15,000 from Creative New Zealand to work on a play for 3 months. She will also be […]

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  • WORD Christchurch Festival 2024 Programme Announcement Aug 27 – Sept 1

    A dazzling array of words and performance takeover Ōtautahi Christchurch in August  More than 100 writers, thinkers and performers from New Zealand and around the world will take to the streets, schools and theatres of Ōtautahi Christchurch offering a feast of fresh ideas, music, powerful stories and creative escapes during WORD Christchurch Festival which runs […]

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  • NZ Listener: WORTH THE MAHI – the surge of Māori writing

    WORTH THE MAHI   Sally Blundell has written an article for the New Zealand Listener about the surge in books by Māori writers being published overseas. HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE  

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  • Intermedia launches ‘New Zealand 101’ publication – NZ Film Sector support

    June 28, 2024   Intermedia has launched a comprehensive guide to making screen content in Aotearoa: New Zealand 101. The 66-page digital publication explores New Zealand’s unique screen culture and history, which continues to attract major Hollywood heavyweights such as James Cameron to its shores. The publication also provides an in-depth look at the range of […]

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  • IIML Writers on Mondays showcases vital New Zealand writing 

    3 July 2024 July 8 – September 30 A compelling line-up of established writers and fresh literary talent will be showcased in Wellington this winter as Writers on Mondays returns. This free lunchtime series highlighting new books and writers is run by the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), the creative writing powerhouse of Te […]

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