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CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 – now open for 2022!
7 SEPTEMBER 2022 Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 is made available in a contestable fund. In 2022, $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 […]
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Fetisov Journalism Awards 2022 – How to Enter
Entries to the competition must be submitted before October 1st, 2022 (23:59 UTC). The total prize fund is 520,000 CHF. Three winners in each category share a monetary prize of 130,000 CHF (including taxes, as stipulated by the legislation in force): The first prize winner receives 100,000 CHF and a unique silver statuette designed and handcrafted in Switzerland. […]
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CNZ Canterbury Uni – Residency in Creative Writing 2023
Job Title: Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence Location: Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand Closing date: Sunday, 25 September, 2022 Te Kaupeka Toi Tangata | Faculty of Arts Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE) 6 or 12 month fixed-term opportunity Competitive salary of $72,000 (for 12 months, pro-rated for 6 months) What You Will Do […]
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 Writers in Residence Programme
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 stipend and the opportunity to […]
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NZ Author Magazine – Spring 2022 – Read the latest issue of our quarterly magazine!
NZ Author – Spring 2022 – Issue 330 is out! In this edition we chat to Emma Sidnam, winner of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize, for her novel Backwaters; as well as Paula Browning as she reflects about her time at CLNZ. And we’re still on the road with our Regional Roadshow for local writers! […]
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Verb Residency open for applications
Verb Wellington and Katherine Mansfield House & Garden invite writers from anywhere in Aotearoa to apply opportunity to spend time in one of the world’s most vibrant literary cities to focus on your writing. For three weeks between 23 October – 13 November 2022 you will have a dedicated writing space at Katherine Mansfield’s birthplace […]
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Commonwealth’s adda calls for submissions
The Commonwealth Foundation is delighted to launch the 2022-2023 adda call for submissions. Writers are invited to submit creative non-fiction, short fiction, short graphic fiction and poetry on the theme of healthy communities. What does health mean to us as individuals and as societies? How does the climate crisis impact our health? What is the […]
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Announcing the Surrey Hotel writers residency award shortlist 2022
Steve Braunias edits Newsroom’s books section, ReadingRoom, and is a noted writer at the NZ Herald. He has been nominated (alongside ReadingRoom book reviewer Philip Matthews) as best reviewer of the year at the 2022 Voyager Media Awards. READINGROOM Announcing the Surrey Hotel writers residency award shortlist The most celebrated and well-known New Zealand novelist […]
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samesame but different, Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ Readers and Writers Festival 2023 events
samesame but different has rescheduled several live events for August and September. These include everything from poetry to a play-reading to an interactive zine-making workshop in Tāmaki Makaurau, and a satellite poets’ panel in Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Poetry Speakeasy | 16 August, 6-8pm Studio One Toi Tū 1 Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1011 Our […]
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2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: Open for Entries
Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce entries for the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open. The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand. It celebrates […]
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NZSA Roadshows – On The Road Again
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) is heading out, taking regional roadshows to Auckland Tāmaki Makau-rau, Napier Ahuriri and Taranaki New Plymouth. Writing is a solitary art – and NZSA has always provided a way for writers to get together, share experiences and learn to fine-tune their craft. Following two COVID years of […]
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2022 Surrey Hotel Writer’s Residency Award in association with Newsroom – open for entries
Nominations for the 2022 Surrey Hotel Writer’s Residency Award in association with Newsroom close incredibly soon. The cut-off is midnight, Saturday July 30. Email me at stephen11@xtra.co.nz with the subject line in screaming caps THE SURREY HOTEL WRITERS RESIDENCY IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEWSROOM. Send in a brief covering letter outlining the project you have in mind, […]
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