• Applications Invited For 2024 Randell Cottage Writers Residency

    Posted on 25 September 2023

    Applications are now open for one of New Zealand’s top writing residencies: the 2024 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a generous stipend, funded by CNZ and currently set at $30,582, and six months’ rent-free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest heritage homes. The residency will run from July to December […]

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  • THE KAIPUKAHU UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO WRITER IN RESIDENCE 2024 – open for applications

    Posted on 20 September 2023

    The late Ngāti Wairere elder Meto Hopa spoke of an ancient whare wānanga of Ngāti Wairere called Te Tiwhaopareiriwhare that stood on the ridge now known as Hillcrest Road, Hamilton East. According to Meto, the surrounding forest and swamp was called Kaipukahu for its abundance of foods – kai meaning food, and pukahu meaning abundant. […]

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  • RNZ Nine to Noon Short Story Competition is back!

    Posted on 16 September 2023

    Nine to Noon Short Story Competition is back! From Nine To Noon, 12:00 pm on 29 August 2023 Nine to Noon’s 2023 Short Story competition is now open! We’re looking for stories of 2000 words, submitted by Friday 29 September. The top five winners, chosen by Judges Harry Ricketts and Tina Makareti, will be adapted for radio […]

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  • Storylines announces new sponsor for young adult novel award

    Posted on 15 September 2023

    Storylines is delighted to announce Allen & Unwin New Zealand as the new sponsor of the Storylines Tessa Duder Award for an original young adult novel manuscript. Christine Young, Storylines Trust Chair, says Storylines is thrilled that a publisher with the strength and success of Allen & Unwin NZ, particularly with its growing list of […]

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  • NZSA Announces Hamilton Roadshow October 15

    Posted on 15 September 2023

    Hamilton Regional Roadshow 9AM – 4PM, SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER, TRUST WAIKATO, 4 LITTLE LONDON LANE, HAMILTON What’s on: Welcome and Opening Kōrero with Vanda Symon Workshops: Make ’em laugh – write funny with Kathryn Burnett; Write like it’s 2023: making your poetry new with Anne Kennedy; Out damned plot: the plot, the sub-plot, the twist? with Vanda Symon; How to write captivating nonfiction for […]

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  • The 2023 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition is now open

    Posted on 14 September 2023

    ·         Exclusive to NZSA members.   The 2023 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition is now open. ·         $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $100 third prize. ·         Closes 5pm, Monday 23 October 2023. ·         Only $10 to enter.   Enter online!   Conditions of entry:   The competition is open exclusively to all NZSA members. All […]

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  • Call for Applications – CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants now open

    Posted on 14 September 2023

    Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Cultural Fund is made available in a contestable fund. In 2023, up to $75,000 is available to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing sector growth. The amount applicants apply for is up to them, with the number of successful recipients varying each […]

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  • Sargeson Fellowship 2024

    Posted on 14 September 2023

    Calling all writers! Applications for the 2024 Sargeson Fellowship are now open. The Fellowship offers published New Zealand writers the opportunity to write full-time, free from financial pressures. It provides an annual stipend of $20,000, and where available, the Sargeson Centre adjacent to the University of Auckland. The fellowship falls between February and October and […]

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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2024 Writers in Residence Programme

    Posted on 1 September 2023

    Media Release 1 September 2023 The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to announce that next year’s programme of residencies at the historic Signalman’s House on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, is now open for applications. Writers awarded a residency can look forward to peaceful accommodation, the use of a writing studio, a supporting […]

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  • Faber Writing Academy – NZ courses

    Posted on 24 August 2023

    Start to Write w/ Ruby Porter Have you always wanted to write fiction? Everyone needs to start somewhere, and Start to Write is the course designed to get you across the basics, as you begin to generate ideas and get your very first words down on the page. Thursdays 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm (NZDT), 12 – 26 […]

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  • MICHELLE ELVY EIGHT-WEEK COURSES, July – November 2023

    Posted on 24 August 2023

      Contact:  General information All welcome! These courses are designed to encourage exploration and discussion, while advancing your own writing. Classes are dynamic, with newcomers and experienced writers sharing a common, congenial space. We meet in Zoom; 2 hours each week for 8 weeks. Intensive reading, writing and sharing!   Historical Fiction Exploring the elements […]

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  • NZ Author Magazine – Spring – Issue 334

    Posted on 21 August 2023

    NZ Author Magazine – Spring – Issue 334 is now out online and being sent to NZ Author subscribers around the country.  Click the link here (and sign in) to access the articles online, or sign up as a member here to receive future issues. In this issue: EDITOR’S NOTE Tina Shaw; CULTURAL SECTOR REGENERATION FUND NZSA funding; TAKING […]

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