• Sargeson Fellowship 2024

    Posted on 14 September 2023

    Calling all writers! Applications for the 2024 Sargeson Fellowship are now open. The Fellowship offers published New Zealand writers the opportunity to write full-time, free from financial pressures. It provides an annual stipend of $20,000, and where available, the Sargeson Centre adjacent to the University of Auckland. The fellowship falls between February and October and […]

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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2024 Writers in Residence Programme

    Posted on 1 September 2023

    Media Release 1 September 2023 The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to announce that next year’s programme of residencies at the historic Signalman’s House on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, is now open for applications. Writers awarded a residency can look forward to peaceful accommodation, the use of a writing studio, a supporting […]

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  • Faber Writing Academy – NZ courses

    Posted on 24 August 2023

    Start to Write w/ Ruby Porter Have you always wanted to write fiction? Everyone needs to start somewhere, and Start to Write is the course designed to get you across the basics, as you begin to generate ideas and get your very first words down on the page. Thursdays 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm (NZDT), 12 – 26 […]

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  • MICHELLE ELVY EIGHT-WEEK COURSES, July – November 2023

    Posted on 24 August 2023

      Contact:  General information All welcome! These courses are designed to encourage exploration and discussion, while advancing your own writing. Classes are dynamic, with newcomers and experienced writers sharing a common, congenial space. We meet in Zoom; 2 hours each week for 8 weeks. Intensive reading, writing and sharing!   Historical Fiction Exploring the elements […]

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  • NZ Author Magazine – Spring – Issue 334

    Posted on 21 August 2023

    NZ Author Magazine – Spring – Issue 334 is now out online and being sent to NZ Author subscribers around the country.  Click the link here (and sign in) to access the articles online, or sign up as a member here to receive future issues. In this issue: EDITOR’S NOTE Tina Shaw; CULTURAL SECTOR REGENERATION FUND NZSA funding; TAKING […]

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  • Call for proposals: Samoa House Research Residency Programme 2023

    Posted on 7 August 2023

    Samoa House Library (SHL) is now accepting proposals from arts & arts-related practitioners for our Research Residency Programme 2023. There are 2 residencies available each including a stipend of $5,000, open to individuals, groups or collectives. SHL’s research residencies offer practitioners from art or art-related fields the opportunity to focus on their research practices in […]

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  • Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards

    Posted on 7 August 2023

    Applications are open  Applications close 25 August 2023 This is a reminder that applications for the 2024 Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards close in 3 week’s time at 5pm on Friday 25 August 2023. The purpose of the Judith Binney Trust is to support rigorous and imaginative scholarship of the kind that characterised Judith Binney’s […]

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  • Entries now open for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

    Posted on 3 August 2023

    Entries now open for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards The New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa is now inviting submissions for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. These prestigious awards promote excellence in, and provide recognition of, the best books for adult readers published annually in New […]

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  • $5K Surrey Hotel 2023 Writers Residency open til August 20

    Posted on 2 August 2023

    The heavily atmospheric Surrey Hotel in Auckland. Photo by 2018 residency award winner Naomi Arnold FIRST PUBLISHED AUG 2, 2023  THIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE AWARD IS TAKEN FROM THE NEWSROOM SITE TO PROMOTE THE AWARD.  PLEASE CLICK BELOW TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE ON NEWSROOM Steve Braunias is the literary editor of Newsroom’s […]

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  • Growing Playwrights – Playmarket

    Posted on 1 August 2023

    FRIDAY 11 and SATURDAY 12 AUGUST – Auckland Live One awesome development programme with some of Aotearoa’s top playwriting teachers. Two days of sessions – practical skills classes and What I Need sessions. Sessions include: Creating Compelling Characters with Kathryn Burnett  Thinking of Structure with Paul Kalburgi Dialogue and Subtext with Gary Henderson Shaping a Scene with Albert Belz and Stuart Hoar Editing […]

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  • Aotearoa NZ Review of Books ‘Book Reviewing Mentorships’ offered to NZSA

    Posted on 31 July 2023

      The Aotearoa NZ Review of Books is offering NZSA members four book-reviewing mentorships.   Mentees will receive $200 to write a sample review and revise it after feedback from their mentors. This review can serve as a calling card to help new reviewers get commissions from a range of media. To be eligible you […]

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  • 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: Open for Entries

    Posted on 31 July 2023

    Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce entries for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open. The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand. It celebrates […]

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