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Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize back for 2020
Hachette NZ and The Margaret Mahy Estate are delighted to announce the return of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize for a second year. The 2019 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize was a great success with over 140 expressions of interest and many fantastic submissions. Winner Sarah Greig’s beautiful re-illustration of The Boy with Two Shadows will […]
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Nominations invited for Creative New Zealand’s prestigious literature, ngā toi Māori and Pacific arts awards
CREATIVE NZ ANNUAL AWARDS Creative New Zealand is calling for nominations for three prestigious annual awards, each recognising the valued contributions of some of our country’s most talented artists: The Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi (Te Waka Toi Awards), and the Arts Pasifika Awards. “Now more than […]
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CLNZ – Copyright Licensing New Zealand – latest news
As New Zealand adjusts to its new ‘normal’ and begins its long journey out of the lock down stages, we wanted to share with you a number of opportunities that are currently available to New Zealand writers and authors. Both the CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award and Research Grants were brought forward in response to the COVID-19 […]
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How to be Award Winning Before Publishing: CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award and Research Grants
Bevan Sanson at The Big Idea interviewed 2019 Writers’ Award winner, Rebecca Macfie, and one of the 2019 Research Grant recipients, Gigi Fenster, about the impact of winning these awards. Originally published on The Big Idea: Recognition, time, money. All writers know the importance any of these three commodities can have on their work. So […]
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Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher buys company for $1
Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher has purchased Stuff from its Australian owners Nine Entertainment for $1. The chief executive was returning the company to New Zealand ownership, with the sale expected to be completed by 31 May. “Our plan is to transition the ownership of Stuff to give staff a direct stake in the business […]
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READING INCREASES IN LOCKDOWN – Nielsen London – reading hours double!
Two in five UK adults say they are consuming books more since lockdown, with readers almost doubling their total reading hours per week. London, 13 May 2020 Nielsen Book today published the latest research on UK book consumer habits during the lockdown. Online interviews with a nationally-representative sample of 1,000 UK adults revealed that readers […]
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TAUTAI FALE-SHIP Home Residencies
ARTIST CALLOUT for TAUTAI FALE-SHIP Home Residencies 🐚🏠💕 Applications due Friday 5th June at midday – APPLY NOW! Moana artists make some of their best work at home; at the kitchen table, in living rooms surrounded by family, in bedrooms and garages, in home studios where we feel safe and connected to those around […]
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Nominations for 2020 Prime Minister’s Awards are now live
Creative New Zealand is now calling for nominations for The Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. These annual awards recognise New Zealand writers who have made a notable contribution to New Zealand literature in the genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. New Zealanders are invited to submit a nomination. The 2019 winners were Fleur […]
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Blackball Writer’s Residency – open for applications.
WEST COAST OPPORTUNITY FOR WRITERS The village of Blackball (pop. 300) on the West Coast of the South Island has both a history of good writing and good writers plus a tradition of activism. It offers a Readers and Writers Festival, a Writer’s Retreat and now, thanks to Creative NZ support, a Writer’s Residency. […]
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CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants 2020
Four Cash Grants to Support NZ Writers Receive a $5,000 grant to help you research your latest fiction or non-fiction writing project. All New Zealand writers welcome to apply from today! In support of New Zealand writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project, the 2020 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) […]
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A NEW $30,000 LITERARY PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION – NOW OPEN
With prize money of $30,000, the new ARA Historical Novel Prize gives Australian and New Zealand historical novelists the chance to be recognised in a class of their own, with the most significant prize purse for any genre-based prize in Australasia. The ARA Historical Novel Prize has been made possible by the generosity of […]
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CLNZ/NZSA $25,000 Writers’ Award 2020
Applications Open Early to Support Writers $25,000 award to a New Zealand writer one of the highest non-fiction prizes in New Zealand literature presented by the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) brought forward by three months to support NZ writers CLNZ and NZSA have brought forward the application process for […]
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