• Caren Rangi, ONZM appointed as Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa

    Posted on 28 March 2021

    Media release: 25 March 2021 Ministry of Culture and Heritage   Caren Rangi has been appointed as the new Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand’s governing body) for a three-year term.   Ms Rangi will be the first Pacific Chair and third woman to hold this role of […]

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  • FfFast Fibres Poetry 8 call for submissions

    Posted on 28 March 2021

    FfFast Fibres Poetry 8 call for submissions   The theme of Fast Fibres Poetry 8 this year is open. We invite poets with a strong Northland connection to submit 3 of their best poems. Please include a two-line biographical statement. Deadline: June 11 Send submissions by email:fastfibres@live.com Note: Each poem should preferably be no longer than […]

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  • NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grant + Residency – Recipient Announced

    Posted on 26 March 2021

    The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and Auckland War Memorial Museum are delighted to announce the recipient of the NZSA Auckland Museum Research + Residency Grant. The grant goes to Port Chalmers writer Majella Cullinane, whose winning proposal will utilise research drawn from the Auckland Museum Research Library Te Pātaka Mātāpuna o Tāmaki Paenga Hira’s extensive collections. Majella Cullinane writes […]

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  • James George encourages future Māori writers to enter Pikihuia short story awards

    Posted on 24 March 2021

    24 March 2021 Short story awards named a ‘stepping stone to success’ for Māori writers.   First-time and emerging Māori writers are encouraged to enter the 2021 Pikihuia Awards. The short story awards, which occur every second year, have become known as a stepping stone to success for Māori writers. Chair of the Māori Literature […]

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  • 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Career Achievement Winners 

    Posted on 24 March 2021

    Today, we announce the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Career Achievement Winners.   This year’s honorees are Anne Carson, Kwame Dawes, Daniel Alexander Jones, Pierre Joris, and George C. Wolfe. As part of its Literary Awards program, PEN America annually honors distinct, lifelong contributors to literary and artistic excellence, selected by panels of independent, dedicated […]

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  • Leading historian Dr Monty Soutar receives Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to complete historical novel trilogy     

    Posted on 23 March 2021

    CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND MEDIA RELEASE 23 MARCH Leading historian Dr Monty Soutar receives Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to complete historical novel trilogy                                                                                                                                                […]

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  • ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE NOW $100,000 WITH CYA CATEGORY ADDED

    Posted on 23 March 2021

    Exciting news! The HNSA, in partnership with our generous sponsor, ARA Group, is expanding the ARA Historical Novel Prize to include a category for outstanding Children and Young Adult (CYA) literature.  Open to Australian and New Zealand novelists The submission process will be administered by the HNSA’s partner, the New England Writers’ Centre. For further information, […]

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  • National Poetry Day 2021 AUGUST 27

    Posted on 20 March 2021

    Phantom National Poetry Day this year is on the 27 August 2021! Are you ready to join in the celebrations? Run an event? PNPD  are opening registration for events today. Please check out their news article for more information or head straight over to www.poetryday.co.nz to register. #NZPoetryDay https://www.nzbookawards.nz/…/we-need-you…/38852…

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  • National Flash Fiction Day 2021 is open now for entries through to 30 April!  

    Posted on 19 March 2021

      NFFD 2021 is open through 30 April!   Submit your best 300-word stories!    See an interview with the judges for the 2021 competition: Rachel Smith speaks with Diane Brown and Paula Morris. Coming soon: an interview with youth judge Kerry Lane. The youth competition moved in 2020 to an international competition with free entry – curated by the youth journal fingers comma toes.  All youth writers […]

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  • NZ BOOKLOVERS AWARDS 2021 winners announced

    Posted on 18 March 2021

    March 18, 2021 ​NZ Booklovers Awards 2021 Winners ​ Addressed to Greta by Fiona Sussman wins the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book 2021. The judges say, ‘You must meet Greta, one of the most well-realised and endearing figures in recent New Zealand fiction. Sussman, a Ngaio Marsh Award winner for Best Novel, […]

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  • Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2021 May 6-9 – programme out now

    Posted on 18 March 2021

    The programme has been released for 2021 May 6-9   Details here.    

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  • NZSA 2021 Mentorships announced from record field of entries

    Posted on 18 March 2021

    Thirteen emerging writers have been selected for the The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Mentorship Programme 2021, from what the judges described as: ‘an incredible and unprecedented 132 applications. These came from across the literary spectrum. Poetry, speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, literary novels, genre fiction and stage plays were all represented […]

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