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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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2021 Wright-Murray Residency for Speculative Fiction Writers in NZ – open for entries
2021 Wright-Murray Residency for Speculative Fiction Writers in NZ Call for Applications The Wright-Murray Residency for Speculative Fiction Writers is once again seeking applications from New Zealand writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Now in its second year, the residency, co-founded by award-winning author Lee Murray and philanthropist Chloe Wright ONZM, offers the winning writer […]
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Seeking a Wasafiri Editor at Large – closes Feb 11
International Contemporary Writing By Wasafiri Editor on January 11, 2021 in Articles Our brand-new Editor at Large initiative welcomes applications from those interested in promoting local editors, writers, and arts organisations in their regions to collaborate with Wasafiri, and participate in Wasafiri’s editorial and production process. For the first year of the scheme, we are seeking applicants from Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and New […]
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First Pages Prize open for applications
The First Pages Prize supports emerging writers worldwide. To date, we’ve awarded US$18,000 in prize packages to 19 past winners. In 2020, NZ author Pip McKay won with the opening of her historical fiction, The Telling Time. We welcome entries of the first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. […]
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AWP Writing Competitions in the USA – open to all – Feb deadlines
Writing Opportunities in the US – open to all AWP Award Series – Association for Writers and Writers Programmes AWP sponsors the Award Series, an annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-length works. The competition is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence and is available to published […]
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Calling for Submissions – Middle Distance VUP Jan 11 – March 1
Middle Distance: Long Stories of Aotearoa New Zealand Edited by Craig Gamble 14TH DEC 2020 CRAIG GAMBLE Middle Distance emerged, like many good things do at VUP, from our daily morning coffee meeting. We were discussing our literary magazine Sport, and thinking it might be time for it to evolve into something new. Middle Distance is part of a new […]
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gDm- GRIMDARK OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS Jan 25 – Horror writing
ANNOUNCEMENT: OPEN SUBMISSIONS FOR #27 COMING SOON! DECEMBER 16, 2020 The horror and grimdark genres are like the two cousins who sneak away from parties to set fire to things. These genres often go hand in hand, such as in books like The Aching God by Mike Shel or The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. These […]
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Cloud Ink Press is now open for submissions for the 2021 ‘Fresh Ink’ anthology – until 28 February 2021
The year 2020 has been – among many significant experiences – the year of the Coronavirus. What are we as both individuals and as collective society to make of the wider and deeper effects, beyond the health crisis itself? How can writers and storytellers, across multiple forms, address the human aspects of the Covid-19 crisis, […]
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Arts Four Creative Residency Programme 2021
Calling for applications now This programme is designed to support four artists practising in a range of artforms to create new work, build connections with each other, and engage with local arts communities and audiences across a 12 week residency from May to July 2021 at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in Ōtautahi […]
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First Pages Prize 2021 – perfect for emerging writers
READY YOUR 5 PAGES… FIRST PAGES PRIZE 2021 The First Pages Prize supports un-agented writers worldwide with an annual prize for the first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. Got 5 pages written? Enter from January 1, 2021. 2021 JUDGE Thrilled to announce Lan Samantha Chang as […]
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