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NZ Booklovers Awards 2027 now open for entries
Entries are now open for the NZ Booklovers Awards 2027. Books published between 1 January and 31 December 2026 are able to enter and the awards are open to both traditionally and self-published authors. Now in their 9th year, the NZ Booklovers have the following categories: NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Novel 2027 […]
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Landing Press wants poems about water!
Landing Press’s new project for 2026: an anthology of poems about WATER! Water is a wide-reaching topic that wraps around the whole of life. There are so many ways to think about water – in memory, rituals and beliefs, as an environment – including the animals that live within and by it – as a […]
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Call for judges of the 2027 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
As the positive impact of the mid-May announcement of winners at the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards continues to be felt nationwide, the awards’ organisers are now on the search for judges for the 2027 awards. The New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa has opened the call for […]
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Applications open for cash grants to support NZ writers
Applications are now open for the CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants to help writers research a fiction or non-fiction writing project. Kua tuwhera ināianei ngā tono mō ngā Karāti Rangahau o te CLNZ | NZSA hei āwhina atu māu e rangahau tō hinonga, tō kōrero paki, tō kōrero pono rānei. Four grants valued at $5,000 […]
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MAYDAY: Call for Submissions
An Aotearoa call to action The world is in trouble. A state of emergency. This is a call to action. A publication from ‘At The Bay’, submissions are open May 1 – May 31. They are seeking previously unpublished contemporary works with a submission period of one month beginning on May Day, May 1st. This […]
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Irish Writers Centre 2026 International Debut Novel Competition
Irish Writers Centre, Dublin,has now opened their 2026 International Debut Novel Competition, which gives aspiring novelists from around the world the chance to skip the slush pile and pitch their books directly to industry-leading agents and editors (either in person here in Ireland, or online). Note: there is an entry fee for applications of €65 […]
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The Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest for Aotearoa LGBTQIA+ authors – currently open
closes on Friday June 5 First prize is $1,000 for the winning story, $500 for the runner-up $500 for the best writing by a promising young writer aged 16 to 25. The contest is designed to encourage local authors to write new material exploring their queer identity. The winners will be announced during the Same […]
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Opportunity for creative organisations to work with Oranga Tamariki
Oranga Tamariki is seeking applications from creative organisations to deliver high‑quality, structured programmes that promote the wellbeing, development, and positive identity of tamariki and rangatahi in residential settings. This initiative sits under the ‘Investing for Maximum Impact’ pillar of Amplify: A Creative and Cultural Strategy for New Zealand and delivers on action 1.3 of Amplify, enabling the creative and cultural […]
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Michael King Writers Centre 2026 Australian Residency Opens
The Michael King Writers Centre in association with Varuna, The National Writers’ House in Katoomba, NSW, Australia is pleased to announce for the fifth time, a residency in Australia for New Zealand writers. This three week residency is open to mid-career or established writers who have had a book published in the last two years. […]
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Becky Manawatu Chief Judge for 2026 Sargeson Prize
Six-year-old Becky Manawatu would grab anything she could get her hands on and start writing. She took a leap of faith and dedicated her life to her craft, and now she’s an award-winning author and this year’s Chief Judge of the University of Waikato’s Sargeson Prize. Entries for New Zealand’s biggest short story competition open […]
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Local writing talent invited to apply for special Residency
Dunedin (Friday, 6 March 2026) – Writers from Ōtepoti Dunedin and across Aotearoa New Zealand are being invited to apply for this year’s Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency. The Residency, organised in partnership between the Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature, is made possible by a generous bequest from […]
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Te Awa Pōkākā – Tēnā koutou katoa ngā kaituhi e tuhi ana i te reo Māori
Hei te tau 2027 ka whakaputahia he paenga kōrero o ngā tuhinga Māori taketake hou. Te taitara? Te Awa Pōkākā. Ngā ētita? Witi Ihimaera rāua ko Vaughan Rapatahana. Ko te minenga pironga? Ngā rangatahi ina koa. Te mea ai, ‘Mā te rangatahi te ao e ārahi’! Kua tuwhera te tukunga o ngā tuhinga paki me […]
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