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WORD Christchurch Festival Celebrates Books, Storytelling and Ideas this August
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
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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Hamilton Book Month August 2021 – programme out now
Programme out now – Hamilton Book Month programme August 2021
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Applications are open for Fulbright New Zealand Scholarships!
Fulbright New Zealand offers a range of exchange awards for New Zealanders wanting to study, research, teach or present their work in the US. Scholarships are available for graduates, scholars, creatives and other professionals across most disciplines. The Fulbright programme of international educational exchange was an initiative of American Senator J. William Fulbright, who in […]
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Coalition for Books winter reading catalogue – OUT NOW
Matariki 2021_DigitalCatalogue_click here to view
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THE SURREY HOTEL RESIDENCY IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEWSROOM – open for applications
Steve Braunias edits Newsroom’s books section, ReadingRoom. His latest book is a true-crime collection, Missing Persons. He is a noted writer for the NZ Herald. READINGROOM $5K Surrey-Newsroom writers residency open Closes July 10 Announcing the 2021 Surrey Hotel-Newsroom writers residency Calling all writers wanting the rare chance to sit down in privacy and comfort […]
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Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award open for entries – closes July 31
Auckland poet Kathleen Grattan, a journalist and former editor of the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, died in 1990. A member of the Titirangi Poets, her work was published in Landfall and other volumes including Premier Poets, a collection from the World Poetry Society. Her daughter Jocelyn Grattan, who also worked for the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, shared her mother’s […]
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PEN AMERICA LITERARY AWARDS SUBMISSIONS
If your book has a US release, it can be entered. Submissions for the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards will be accepted from June 1, 2021 through August 1, 2021. SUBMIT HERE Please be sure to carefully follow the below instructions before submitting: All submitted books must be published by a trade or academic publisher […]
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Verb Wellington Writer’s Residency with Katherine Mansfield House & Garden – open now
Verb Wellington and Katherine Mansfield House & Garden have come together to offer an opportunity to spend time in one of the world’s most vibrant literary cities to focus on your writing. We are very grateful to Professor John Ormiston ONZM who is a patron of this […]
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Submit to the IIML’s annual online poetry showcase Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems.
What, how and when to submit to the IIML’s annual online poetry showcase Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems. Submissions for Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2021 open on 1 January and close on 13 December 2021. Current Issue What to submit Only poems or books of poems by New Zealanders published within the calendar year […]
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IIML 2022 Writer in Residence – applications now open
MONEY, ROOM, WRITE! Applications are now open for the IIML2022 Writer in Residence. This is a position for a creative writer in any genre with a publishing track record, though it’s not necessary to have an extensive list of publications or productions. The successful applicant will need to be in Wellington for the residency. The value […]
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CLNZ / NZSA Writers’ Award – A $25,000 Award to a New Zealand Writer
The Writers’ Award is proudly brought to you by the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ). The award was established to provide financial support for writers wishing to devote time to a specific project, and to cover re asonable research expenses relating to it. Writers with work in […]
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