• Cloud Ink seeks new submissions

    Posted on 12 August 2020

    Cloud Ink will be accepting submissions during the month of OCTOBER 2020.   Cloud Ink Press was formed by a group of Masters of Creative writing alumni from the Auckland University of Technology. To keep submissions manageable, until now we have limited manuscript submissions to AUT creative writing alumni only. The time has come for […]

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  • Tāmaki Poems – New Zealand Poetry Society

    Posted on 11 August 2020

    CALL FOR POEMS – Tāmaki Poems Press Release for New Zealand Poetry Society 11 August 2020   Tāmaki Poems is a community-generated poetry project, centred on a map of Auckland compiled by Mr Leslie Kelly in 1940. In the lead up to the opening of Tāmaki Herenga Waka – Auckland Stories early next year, our new permanent […]

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  • Acclaimed New Zealand writer Elizabeth Knox to receive honorary doctorate

    Posted on 11 August 2020

    Tuesday 11 August 2020 Acclaimed New Zealand writer Elizabeth Knox is to receive an honorary Doctor of Literature from Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington.   “Elizabeth Knox is an inspiration to young people and emerging writers and is helping grow the next generation of literary talent in Aotearoa New Zealand,” says Chancellor Neil Paviour-Smith. […]

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  • Allen & Unwin announces major new Crime Fiction Prize worth $25,000

    Posted on 10 August 2020

    ATTENTION ALL CRIME AND THRILLER WRITERS! Why wait to make crime pay?  Is there a manuscript in your bottom drawer just waiting to be finished? Have you got a burning idea for the perfect crime . . . on paper? We are thrilled to announce the inaugural annual Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize. The […]

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  • NZSA member Tina Makereti – Going West podcast interview with Selina Tusitala Marsh

    Posted on 8 August 2020

    Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings   https://www.goingwestfest.co.nz/audio/tinamakereti In her prizewinning debut novel Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings Tina Makereti confronts the complexities of cultural heritage, the past and the present, and Moriori, Maori and Pakeha identity. The novel is a compelling, powerful and haunting work. In 2014, Makereti came to Going West to discuss her […]

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  • NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2020 – apply between 7 August and 31 October 2020

    Posted on 7 August 2020

    NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2020 Award of $3,000 available to writers over the age of 35yrs The Lilian Ida Smith Award is offered by the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN Inc (NZSA) thanks to a bequest from Lilian Ida Smith, a music teacher of Whanganui who had a keen […]

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  • NZSA New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards 2020 – Open for entries

    Posted on 7 August 2020

    NZSA Canterbury announces the 2020 NZSA New Zealand Heritage Book Awards are open for entries.  Now in its seventh year, this event is now firmly established on the New Zealand Literary calendar. Past winners have included Fiona Farrell, Fiona Kidman and Brian Turner – and last year’s major winners were Andrew Crowe for his beautiful […]

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  • Explore NZSA’s Podcast Library

    Posted on 6 August 2020

    Have you listened to any of NZSA’s two podcast series? The NZSA Oral History Podcast Series is hosted by our own Karyn Hay, Kiwi broadcaster, NZSA member and author, and takes audio from our author oral history archives. Authors relate their stories of involvement with NZSA, chat about other writers of their generation, and describe […]

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  • New role to champion reading for children launched today

    Posted on 5 August 2020

    A reading ambassador for NZ children RT HON JACINDA ARDERN HON TRACEY MARTIN A new role of New Zealand Reading Ambassador for children and young people is being established, Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Jacinda Ardern and Minister for Internal Affairs and for Children, Tracey Martin announced today. The Reading Ambassador, announced […]

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  • Otago University Robbie Burns Fellowship and Children’s Writer in Residence 2021 -open for entries

    Posted on 5 August 2020

      Robert Burns Fellowship University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence Applications for 2021 Applications closing date Questions about the fellowships and the application process Fellowship applications Awarding the Fellowships Applications closing date Applications for the 2021 Fellowships close on Wednesday 26 August 2020. Applications must be made online. Questions […]

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  • New scholarships launched to help disabled writers and writers of colour self-publish

    Posted on 5 August 2020

    Local Kiwi author Steff Green makes a living self-publishing romance novels. Now she’s launched an online course helping authors self-publish to a high professional standard – complete with a free scholarship programme for disabled writers and writers of colour.   Green’s online course, How to Rock Self-Publishing, is based on her popular book of the same […]

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  • Judges Announced as Submissions Open for 2021 Ockham NZ Book Awards

    Posted on 4 August 2020

    Booksellers, academics, lauded writers, an acclaimed designer and an award-winning journalist are among the 12 people selected to judge the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, which open for entries today.   The Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, which offers $56,000 to the winner, will be judged by reviewer and bookseller Kiran Dass; books […]

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