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Going West Writers Festival 2020 Goes Virtual
Going West Writers Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary with the launch of its treasure trove of curated audio files, available via podcast to lovers of words and ideas from Friday, 19 June. Festival producer, James Littlewood says the limitations brought about by COVID-19 prompted the team to pull together a long-held dream of bringing […]
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Storylines Joy Cowley Award 2021 – Entries are now OPEN
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 […]
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Oho! The Surrey Hotel writer’s residency is back up and running
JUNE 10, 2020 Steve Braunias Steve Braunias edits Newsroom’s books section, ReadingRoom, is an author and a noted writer for the NZ Herald. READINGROOM Steve Braunias announces the 2020 Surrey Hotel writer’s residency in association with Newsroom. Yowsa! O brave new world of Level One! O let the good times roll, again. And in the […]
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The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2021
The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize is for an outstanding debut poetry book collection by a poet, in the English language. The John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize is valued at €10,000 and will be adjudicated by a panel of judges nominated by the John Pollard Foundation, and the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre […]
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Announcing Pantograph Punch New Mini Writing Residency
The Pantograph Punch and Gus Fisher Gallery offer a mini writing residency and applications are now open. By PANTOGRAPH PUNCH READ MORE HERE The writing residency will take place during the exhibition The Medium is the Message at Gus Fisher Gallery from August 1 – October 17 2020. During the two-week residency, the selected writer in […]
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Write about architecture and win!
https://www.nzia.co.nz/explore/news/2020/write-about-architecture-and-win Enter the annual Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing and win cash prizes in two categories. This year’s architectural writing competition offers two possible themes: 1) Write about a building in your community that you know well. Why does the building interest you? What role does it play? How does it bring people together? […]
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NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2020
$10,000 Opportunity for Writers. Calling for applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project. This annual Fellowship is awarded each year to a mid-career or senior writer to work on a project that shows a high level of literary merit and […]
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How the Government forces authors to give books to people with disability, but refuses to pay for them
Jun 02 2020 OPINION: The Government this year signed an international treaty to give free access to books for people with a disability who can’t handle print copies. Few would argue about increasing opportunities for those with a disability. But, Kiwi authors won’t be compensated for taking their work and giving it away free. […]
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PLAYMARKET OPPORTUNITIES – 4 CATEGORIES NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES
https://www.playmarket.org.nz/opportunities BROWN INK Playmarket’s Brown Ink development programme is looking for Māori and Pasifika writers with the best new and original work. The programme offers two plays a development workshop with a professional script advisor and actors dedicated to helping you develop your play. Plays selected for development for Brown Ink that have gone to […]
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blackmail press call for submissions issue # 44 Spring 2020.
In times of uncertainty, difficulty and change, artists and writers often hold the space to give voice to the speechless, shape to the invisible, meaning to the ambiguous. blackmail press call for submissions issue # 44 Spring 2020. blackmail press is an online poetry journal, created to give poets, students and poetry lovers in […]
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RAK Mason Fellowship – Writer in residence OPEN
RAK Mason RAK MASON FELLOWSHIP (since 2014) – Application deadline 1 August 2020 Open to fiction writers and poets in Aotearoa New Zealand Application deadline: 1 August 2020 Residency period: 3 weeks (not between 15 Dec – 15 Jan) Sponsors: Derek Daniell and Christine Daniell With thanks to our generous sponsors from the Wairarapa community, the Fellow […]
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The Heart of Auckland City In Your Word – closes June 5
Enter below for the opportunity to have your writing selected for In Your Words. The selected pieces of writing will be published in visible spots in the city centre where people can enjoy them. To start with, we’re planning to select at least nine pieces of writing for display in the Queen Street area. In Your Words pieces will be selected […]
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