• ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE NOW $100,000 WITH CYA CATEGORY ADDED

    Exciting news! The HNSA, in partnership with our generous sponsor, ARA Group, is expanding the ARA Historical Novel Prize to include a category for outstanding Children and Young Adult (CYA) literature.  Open to Australian and New Zealand novelists The submission process will be administered by the HNSA’s partner, the New England Writers’ Centre. For further information, […]

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  • NZ BOOKLOVERS AWARDS 2021 winners announced

    March 18, 2021 ​NZ Booklovers Awards 2021 Winners ​ Addressed to Greta by Fiona Sussman wins the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book 2021. The judges say, ‘You must meet Greta, one of the most well-realised and endearing figures in recent New Zealand fiction. Sussman, a Ngaio Marsh Award winner for Best Novel, […]

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  • Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2021 May 6-9 – programme out now

    The programme has been released for 2021 May 6-9   Details here.    

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  • LANDFALL – seeks new editor

    Landfall Journal   Are you the next Landfall editor? Expressions of interest are sought for the position of editor of Landfall (two issues per year). Landfall is New Zealand’s foremost and longest-running arts and literary journal. It showcases new fiction, poetry and art, as well as biographical and critical essays and cultural commentary. Emma Neale, […]

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  • Pikihuia Awards 2021 – now open for entries

      Do you have a story inside of you waiting to be told? Now is your chance – we are looking for new and emerging Māori writers to enter the Pikihuia short story awards for 2021. Enter by 12 April 2021 to be in to win prizes and the opportunity to have your story published in […]

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  • The Samoa Observer Tusitala Story Competition – open now

    Eligibility & Entry Australia & New Zealand  – The Pacific Islands – Samoa Please read these eligibility and entry rules before beginning the online entry process. Submission of an entry is taken as acceptance of the entry rules. For any entry or eligibility queries not covered below, please email entry@tusitalacompetition.com for clarification before submitting an entry. Opening date: Sunday […]

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  • Nominations for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel awards – closes March 31

    Nominations for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now open. The nomination period will close at 11:59pm on 31st March 2021. The SJV awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2020 calendar year. Anyone can make […]

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  • Auckland Writers Festival Programme Launch

    Join us from 6:15PM Wednesday 10 March as we launch the 2021 Festival Programme. Watch Festival Director Anne O’Brien unveil the lineup via livestream: https://tinyurl.com/AWF21launch and check out the full Programme at http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/ from 7:00PM. Tickets on sale 12 March.

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  • Text Prize open for entries

    The Text Prize Call for Submissions Closes April 6  

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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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