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Te Kaituhi Māori Hui May 3-5 Tui tui tuhituhia (Come together, write)
Nau mai haere mai e ngā kaituhi Māori! Te Kaituhi Māori is delighted to extend to you an invitation to join us for a three-day wānanga that celebrates and explores the richness of Māori literature, hosted by Te Kaituhi Māori, a new Māori-led kaupapa that is supported by the New Zealand Society of Authors Te […]
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Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024 shortlist
Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024 shortlist We are pleased to announce the four writers who have been shortlisted for an award that celebrates fresh writing with a ‘unique and original vision’ are: Abigail von Ahsen with Flawless, Jade Hallamore with Infused with Magic, Jacqueline Owens with Vividwater, and Tracy Farr with Wonderland. (l to r: […]
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Anne Kennedy to judge $1000 Poetry Prize – Kathleen Grattan IWW Sequence 2024
International Writers’ Workshop NZ Inc 12 April 2024 Anne Kennedy is the judge of The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems 2024 with a first prize of $1000 for the winner. Anne is a Tāmaki Makaurau poet, novelist and teacher. Awards include the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry, the NZ Post Book Award […]
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A shot at literary fame: 2024 Sargeson Prize opens
Entries for New Zealand’s richest short-story competition, the Sargeson Prize, are open and last year’s winner is encouraging others to “go for it”. Fiction and poetry writer Anna Woods won $10,000 in the 2023 Open Division and a two-week summer writing residency at the Sargeson Centre in Auckland with her story ‘Pig Hunting’. “The […]
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Call out for Scottish and Aotearoa writers for Island to Island Residency Exchange
Call out for Scottish and Aotearoa writers for Island to Island Residency Exchange Submissions are open from 25th March – 8th April 2024 Verb Wellington, Te-Whanganui-a-tara, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre, invite applications for Island to Island, a residency exchange supported by The British Council New Zealand and the Pacific for established writers […]
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New service to help local writers and artists protect their creative rights
March 25 Only 12% of New Zealand creatives surveyed by Copyright Licensing NZ (CLNZ) are confident they know their rights when it comes to copyright. But failing to keep on top of crucial documentation and understand copyright implications can have serious financial consequences. A new offering aims to address this knowledge gap by making copyright […]
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New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2024 International Residency with Australia
Media Release 20 March 2024 The Michael King Writers Centre in association with Varuna, The National Writers’ House in Katoomba, NSW, Australia is pleased to announce for the third time, a residency in Australia for New Zealand writers. The writer awarded the residency will receive return flights to Sydney, four weeks accommodation and meals […]
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EMERGING PASIFIKA WRITER IN RESIDENCE 2024
EMERGING PASIFIKA WRITER IN RESIDENCE 2024 Funded by Creative New Zealand. Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington invites applications for the Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence 2024 position with the International Institute of Modern Letters, Kelburn Campus. The residency is for three months in the second half of 2024. There is […]
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Mike Riddell Writer’s Residency 2024
Mike Riddell Writer’s Residency 2024 Applications are now open for the Mike Riddell Writers’ Residency in the village of Ōtūrēhua in Central Otago. The residency honours the writer Mike Riddell, who instigated the idea of administering a writer’s residency in Ōtūrēhua. The idea was to offer a generously donated package of house and stipend to […]
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NZSA Kupu Kaitiaki Programme for Kaituhi Māori
Now Open For Applications The aim of this kaupapa is to provide new and emerging kaituhi with valuable feedback from a skilled Kupu Kaitiaki, for the refinement of a part of a manuscript written in te reo Māori. The work can be in the genres of poetry, fiction (excluding plays), short fiction or non-fiction (excluding screenplays and picture books), […]
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2024 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency
Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature — March 3, 2024 Applications are warmly invited for the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency for 2024. Applications close at 11.59pm (NZST) on 31 March 2024. The Caselberg Trust and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature are pleased to offer the Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of […]
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NZSA CompleteMS Programme 2024 opens
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript that’s ready to take to the next level? Poetry, fiction, short fiction, non-fiction… Apply now for the NZSA Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment Programme. The NZSA CompleteMS assessment programme is open for applications until 28 May 2024. CompleteMS is for writers who have completed a manuscript through […]
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