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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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The Raymond Carver Short Story Contest – open April 1 – May 15
Open April 1 – May 15 each year. $2500 in cash prizes, plus 3 literary agents will read your work. We accept stories from all over the world and many winners have gone on to have successful careers as published authors. Past guest judges include Aimee Bender, Ben Fountain, Pinckney Benedict, Susan Perabo, and Christopher […]
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The Novel Prize – open for entries April 1 – July 1 GMT
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are pleased to announce The Novel Prize, a new biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world. The Novel Prize offers $10,000 to the winner, and simultaneous publication of their novel in the UK and Ireland […]
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CLNZ launches new contestable funding round – Open April 15-Closes April 29
Applications are now open for a Special Round of Contestable Fund Grants, with $120,000 available to apply for. Copyright Licensing New Zealand is running a Special Round of its Contestable Fund Grants in order to support short-term projects that have arisen or been developed to respond to the changed environment in the New Zealand […]
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Answering Your Questions: Creative NZ Funding Hui
Do you have the key to unlocking the funding on offer? Here’s Creative New Zealand’s take on some industry questions Just days after launching the first phase of the Emergency Funding Package to address the industry-wide devastation caused by COVID-19, Creative NZ began trying to demystify the application process by passing the mic […]
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NZSA Live! presents National Writers Forum content – FREE!
We are releasing 18 days of National Writers Forum 2018 sessions to help New Zealand writers and authors through the covid-19 national lockdown. And it’s all free! Hear keynote addresses from writers like Lani Wendt Young and Dr Anita Hiess; panel discussions on adapting books into other formats and the business of writing. Virtually sit in […]
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FIRST CHAPTERS Shining a light on new New Zealand books in limbo
Thursday 9 April 2020 New Zealand publishers have had to delay the publication of many New Zealand books in recent weeks, most of which they anticipate releasing to fanfare in May 2020. So how do readers find out what’s coming from New Zealand publishers, and how do we keep desperate readers satiated in these days […]
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BolognaFiere Announces an Online Rights Trading Option
April 1, 2020 In an attempt to maintain its place in international rights for children’s and YA content, Bologna Children’s Book Fair follows its cancellation with news of an online trading program. At the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2020 news conference announcing the programming that would be postponed and then canceled in the coronavirus COVID-19 […]
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