• Adam NZ Play Award 2022

    Posted on 6 August 2021

    Submissions are now open for the 2022 Adam NZ Play Award.
 Awards may be given in the following categories: – Best Play – Best Play by a Māori Playwright – Best Play by a Pasifika Playwright – Best Play by a Woman Playwright – McNaughton South Island Play Award – Dean Parker Adaptation or Non-Fiction Award […]

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  • Brown Ink Submissions Open

    Posted on 6 August 2021

    The Brown Ink development programme is looking for Māori and Pasifika writers with the best new and original work. The programme offers playwrights a development workshop with a professional script advisor and actors dedicated to helping you develop your play. Previous plays selected for Brown Ink development include Still Life with Chickens by DF Mamea, […]

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  • Entries now open for 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

    Posted on 4 August 2021

    The New Zealand Book Awards Trust is now inviting submissions for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. These prestigious awards promote excellence in, and provide recognition of, the best books for adult readers published annually in New Zealand. Titles with release dates between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021 will be considered for […]

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  • New Zealand Writers Guild announces the recipients of the First Round 2021 NZWG Seed and Seed Advanced Grants

    Posted on 26 July 2021

    The New Zealand Writers Guild is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the first round of Seed and Seed Advanced for 2021. Seed is one of the most competitive writer-only grants for draft feature film scripts in New Zealand. They want to take this opportunity to thank the writing community for continuing to write with spirit, originality and most […]

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  • 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: Open for Entries

    Posted on 23 July 2021

    Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are  thrilled to announce entries for the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open. The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand.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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  • CNZ Requests Feedback on Remuneration Policy for Artists – Feedback Required!

    Posted on 23 July 2021

    Creative New Zealand is seeking views on a draft remuneration policy to support the development of more sustainable arts sector careers. The policy proposes a set of principles aimed at ensuring fair remuneration for artists and arts practitioners for the work they do. They have created a remuneration policy for artists consultation document and are […]

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  • STORYLINES JOY COWLEY AWARD – open for entries

    Posted on 18 July 2021

    The Storylines Joy Cowley Award was established in 2002 when Storylines contacted Scholastic New Zealand, one of Joy’s publishers, asking them to join with Storylines in creating an award that would recognise the exceptional contribution Joy Cowley has made to children’s literature and literacy in New Zealand and internationally. The Storylines Joy Cowley Award for an original picture […]

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  • Asian Ghost Short Stories | Call for Submissions

    Posted on 14 July 2021

    Fantasy & Gothic Blog We’re delighted to announce a new call for submissions which is now open! The theme is Asian Ghost Short Stories – a chance for writers of Asian heritage around the world to explore their culture of ghostly folklore and offer fresh stories. Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories and make […]

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  • Creative NZ – current funding opportunities

    Posted on 8 July 2021

    Creative New Zealand offers funding for short-term projects and longer-term planning, with the first decisions notified in mid-September 2021: Arts Grants 2021/2022 round 1 (http://ow.ly/QHc150FoFkr) Todd New Writer’s Bursary 2021 (http://ow.ly/nq7250FoFkJ) Annual Arts Grants 2021 (http://ow.ly/HPui50FoFl6) Each Arts Grants round will close when 225 applications have been submitted, or the closing date is reached. Check […]

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  • 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize – opens July 15

    Posted on 7 July 2021

    The 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize will be opening 15 July 2021. We look forward to reading your submissions. First prize: $AU$6,000 Four other shortlisted poets: $AU$1,000 Opens: 15 July 2021 Closes: 4 October 2021 Judges: To be announced. Australian Book Review welcomes entries for the eighteenth Peter Porter Poetry Prize, which is open to all […]

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  • WORD Christchurch Festival Celebrates Books, Storytelling and Ideas this August

    Posted on 7 July 2021

    WORD Christchurch has launched its 2021 festival programme, with an array of events to challenge, excite and entertain the city from 25 to 29 August. This year’s events tackle both the near and the far – with an intensely local flavour and an innovative international component. Earlier this year WORD announced that it was moving […]

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  • Todd New Writer’s Bursary 2021

    Posted on 6 July 2021

    The annual Todd New Writer’s Bursary enables a writer or playwright at an early stage of their career to write a new work. Amount: Varies Find out who got funded recently  Artforms funded: MULTI-ARTFORM: LITERATURE. NGĀ TOI MĀORI. PACIFIC ARTS. THEATRE. Funding rounds Opening dates: July 5 Closing dates: August 6 Notification dates: September 10

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