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CLNZ Board seeks intern director
Appoint | Find director & advisory board positions in NZ (appointbetterboards.co.nz) The CLNZ Board is advertising for an intern to join the Board. The position is for someone between 18 and 30 years of age who is seeking governance experience through working with a highly skilled group of Directors in an established […]
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THE BLACK LIST NEW ZEALAND PROJECT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCREENPLAYS AND ADAPTATIONS The NZFC has partnered with the Black List to introduce the Black List New Zealand Project (BLNZP). This is a one-off fund, designed to foster the creative relationship between writers and producers, and stimulate international opportunities for New Zealand feature films. Submissions close 19 March. See more here The New […]
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ROBERT LORD COTTAGE RESIDENCY
Robert Lord’s worker’s cottage in Dunedin is run as a rent-free residency for writers. When co-founder of Playmarket, Robert Lord, took up a Burns Fellowship at Otago University in 1987, he bought his first home – a small cottage close to the university and the town centre of Dunedin. His tragically few years in Titan […]
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CompleteMS 2021 – open for applications
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript ready to take to that next level? Poetry, fiction, short fiction or non-fiction Apply now for the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) CompleteMS manuscript assessment programme The NZSA CompleteMS manuscript assessment programme is now open for applications. Thirteen successful applicants will […]
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The NZPS International Poetry Competition 2021
The NZPS International Poetry Competition 2021 – opens March 1 The four judges are now in place, and we’ll be announcing who they are when the NZPS International Poetry Competition 2021 opens on Monday, March 1. We have a fantastic lineup of judges, who will be judging the four categories: Open Verse for Adults (18 years […]
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2021 PAGE & BLACKMORE SHORT STORY COMPETITION – NZSA Top of South – now open
2021 PAGE & BLACKMORE SHORT STORY COMPETITION in association with NZSA TOP OF THE SOUTH BRANCH The 2021 Page & Blackmore Short Story Competition is open for entries. This national short story competition is jointly sponsored by Nelson’s Page & Blackmore Booksellers and NZSA Top of the South Branch, with prizes awarded half as […]
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National Flash Fiction Day 2021 is OPEN
NFFD 2021 is open! The competition runs February 15 – April 15. Submit your best 300-word stories! The judges for the 2021 competition are acclaimed poet Diane Brown and prize-winning novelist, essayist and anthologist Paula Morris. The youth competition moved in 2020 to an international competition with free entry – guest judged in 2021 by poet Kerry Lane and curated by the youth journal fingers comma toes. All youth writers welcome! Note […]
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Eggleton to judge Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award – open for entries
Eggleton to judge Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award Friday 19 February 2021 New Zealand Poet Laureate David Eggleton will judge the Kathleen Grattan prize for 2021. Otago University Press publisher Rachel Scott is thrilled to have enlisted Eggleton to judge the award. ‘As Poet Laureate he has a very full agenda, but he was […]
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Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition
Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition open for entries – closes March 31 Landfall Awards and competitions About the competition In 2017 Landfall celebrated its 70th birthday. To mark the occasion, we launched the Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition, an annual award open to writers aged 16 to 21. Essays should not exceed […]
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Page Turner Awards – open for entries
Page Turner Awards is inviting applications for the Page Turner Awards 2021. The Page Turner Awards is an inclusive writing and book awards with one goal – to change the lives of as many writers as possible. The team at Page Turner Awards passionately believes that talented writers can be from any background, age, race, […]
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Applications open for Michael King Writer’s Fellowship 2021
2 Feb 2021 Creative New Zealand is calling for applications from established New Zealand writers for the Michael King Writer’s Fellowship, valued at $100,000. The fellowship is awarded every two years to authors of any literary genre, who have already published a significant body of work, to support their work on a major project over two or more […]
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Barcelona’s Pontas Literary Agency Opens a Mentoring Prize for Authors
The JJ Bola Emerging Writers Prize comes with £1,000 and a contract at the Pontas Agency, and is geared to writers from ‘Black, ethnic minority, LGBTQ+, and working-class backgrounds.’ Submission Deadline: March 15 The Pontas Literary and Film Agency in Spain will have been in business for 29 years in May, and in a new announcement provided […]
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