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Rose Lu selected as 2022 Randell Cottage Writer in Residence
Tramper, software engineer, essayist and now novelist Rose Lu is to be the 2022 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow. Lu will be using her six months at Randell Cottage in Wellington’s historic Thorndon village to write her first novel. Currently untitled, the project follows the story of Moon, a second-generation Chinese-New Zealander, and […]
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Soulful storytelling shines at NZ’s biggest short story awards
The story of a lonely, tormented schoolboy has captured the heart of a celebrated New Zealand poet and novelist to win the top prize in this year’s Sunday Star-Times short story awards. Dominic Hoey’s story 1986 is a sharply observant social commentary on the Grey Lynn neighbourhood in the days before gentrification, told through the eyes of a […]
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Call for NZSA Board Representative – Youth Member (with mentorship)
In line with our 2020 Constitution, the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Board may appoint a Board member to fill perceived gaps. Therefore, we’d like to appoint a ‘Youth’ member to join the Board. In this case, ‘youth’ is anyone under 30 years of age. This member […]
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Michael King Writers Centre Announces Winners of 2021 Signals – Young Writers Awards
Michael King Writers Centre are delighted to receive a very strong field of over 70 submissions from around the country for the inaugural Signals Young Writers Awards 2021. Judge Kate de Goldi, gave this feedback: “All the shortlisted entries were interesting – real talent and, importantly, extremely well-developed craft skills. I think the thing that […]
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Introducing the NZSA Summer Encore Podcast Series
We’ve asked well known NZSA authors to introduce you to some of their favourite episodes from the NZSA podcast so far. This week, Mary-anne Scott, author of the newly released The Tomo, along with Spearo, Sticking with Pigs, and several other books for young people, introduces you to her favourite episode: Joy Cowley from Season […]
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Ngaio Marsh Short Story Competition 2021
To celebrate the legacy of Ngaio Marsh as New Zealand’s foremost crime writer, the Friends of Ngaio Marsh House are having an inaugural short story competition. Open to all New Zealand residents. To participate in this competition, you must write a piece of ‘flash fiction’ that starts with the opening words from the Ngaio Marsh […]
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NZSA Mentor Programme 2022 – open for applications
For Writers! Apply now to be mentored by an established writer, poet or playwright. The NZSA Mentor Programme accepts applications for the 2022 programme from 1 Dec 2021 to 1 Feb 2022. The NZ Society of Authors Mentor programme 2022 seeks applications from writers looking for professional development, a safe space to discuss their work, […]
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NZHA 2021 Prize Winners
Following the Prize Giving session on Friday, the outgoing NZ Historical Association Executive are delighted to confirm the winners of the 2021 NZHA Prizes: The W.H. Oliver Prize for the Best Book on Any Aspect of New Zealand History Joint Winner: Bain Attwood, Empire and the Making of Native Title: Sovereignty, Property and Indigenous People (Cambridge University Press). Joint […]
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2021 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition Winners Announced
The 2021 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition winners have been announced by the NZSA Auckland Branch today, see below for all details. In announcing the winners for 2021, Graeme praised the high standard of writing from the top ten shortlisted stories, “I found it extremely difficult to select a winner, and only after several re-readings […]
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2022 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellows announced
New Zealand poets Dr Anna Jackson and Nathan Joe have been awarded the prestigious 2022 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship. Now in its 35th year, the fellowship is a national literary award offering published New Zealand writers the opportunity to focus on their craft full-time. It provides an annual stipend of $20,000 and a eight-month tenure at […]
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Allen & Unwin New Zealand announces a major new commercial fiction writing prize!
Could you be the next Jodi Picoult, Rose Carlyle or Jacqueline Bublitz? Is there a manuscript in your bottom drawer just waiting to be finished? Have you got a burning idea for a bestselling novel? We are delighted to announce the inaugural annual Allen & Unwin New Zealand Commerical Fiction Prize. The winner will be […]
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WORD wraps up for 2021… but wait there’s more
After another tumultuous year, WORD Christchurch Festival wrapped up. You can read reports from nearly all events by the Christchurch Libraries team, who live-blogged throughout, and a run-down of the Foundation Pop-Up Festival on Flat City Field Notes. Best of all, the complete range of sessions in The Piano and the Town Hall are now available […]
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