• International Writers’ Workshop NZ – The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems

    Posted on 14 April 2025

    iww-writers@outlook.com iww.co.nz Media Release – 10 April 2025 Anna Jackson to judge $1000 Poetry Prize International Writers’ Workshop NZ Inc IWW is delighted to announce that Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington poet Anna Jackson has accepted our invitation to judge The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems in 2025. The competition, with a first […]

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  • 2025 Pikihuia Awards open

    Posted on 28 March 2025

     Submissions close April 30   This year the Pikihuia Awards will celebrate 30 years of supporting and nurturing kaituhi Māori! Held biennially, the Pikihuia Awards have welcomed short story submissions in both te reo Māori and English. Submissions are now open for the 2025 Pikihuia Awards!  Click below to read more about the 2025 Pikihuia […]

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  • Poetry set to take centre stage: August 22

    Posted on 20 March 2025

      Registrations now open for Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2025 Friday 22 August 2025 is set to be a day where words take flight and poetry pulses through the streets, libraries, parks, bookshops, and unexpected corners of Aotearoa. Now in its 28th year, Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day invites communities nationwide to create, share, […]

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  • Ockham 2025 Shortlists announced

    Posted on 5 March 2025

      Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025 Finalists Announced Dazzling books that ‘address our moment’s most urgent concerns’ The $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction in the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will be contested by three former winners of the award – Laurence Fearnley, Kirsty Gunn and Damien Wilkins – and Commonwealth […]

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  • The 2025 NFFD competition is open!

    Posted on 25 February 2025

    Send your best 300 words Submissions open through 30 April The 2025 judges for the national competition are the award-winning writers Brannavan Gnanalingam and Vana Manasiadis. The 2025 youth judge is Shilo Kino.  How to enter can be found on the NFFD Competition page. More about the 2025 international youth competition later this month. MICRO MADNESS A free competition open to […]

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  • Three outstanding writers recognised with the 2024 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement

    Posted on 5 December 2024

    Internationally renowned children’s author Dame Lynley Dodd, historian and environmentalist Neville Peat, and multi-talented poet Apirana Taylor are being recognised for their contributions to literature with this top literary award. The Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement is presented annually in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and poetry.  The award is managed by Creative New Zealand […]

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  • Ōtepoti poets top The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems

    Posted on 26 November 2024

    International Writers’ Workshop NZ Inc iww-writers@outlook.com iww.co.nz  22 November 2024 International Writers’ Workshop NZ is delighted to announce that Ōtepoti Dunedin poets Nicola Thorstensen and Michelle Elvy are the 2024 winner and runner-up of The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems judged by Anne Kennedy from Tamaki Makaurau Auckland. Nicola Thorstensen receives the […]

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  • Turner made NZ Poet Laureate of Nature

    Posted on 20 November 2024

    Read more on the Otago Daily Times site

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  • Site for NZ readers spotlights local books in digital formats: KETE Books

    Posted on 2 July 2024

    News release July 2, 2024 Kete Books, the website dedicated to helping readers discover New Zealand books and authors, has been rebuilt and is now live, connecting New Zealanders to their local books in all formats at an enhanced level. Created by The Coalition for Books, ketebooks.co.nz is the place to discover reading ideas and inspiration, find […]

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  • Record-breaking attendance signals a new era for Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki

    Posted on 20 May 2024

    May 20, 2024   The Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki has broken all attendance records, ushering in a bold and exciting new era for the Southern Hemisphere’s largest literary festival. Held at Auckland’s Aotea Centre from 14 – 19 May, attendance reached a record high of more than 85,000. The programme was designed to […]

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  • Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024 Winners

    Posted on 16 May 2024

    ‘Disturbing, smart, and funny as hell’ novel wins country’s richest writing prize. Internationally acclaimed New Zealand writer Emily Perkins MNZM has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Lioness – a smart, multi-layered, laugh-out-loud novel exploring wealth, class and female mid-life reckoning.   Ms […]

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  • Anne Kennedy to judge $1000 Poetry Prize – Kathleen Grattan IWW Sequence 2024

    Posted on 12 April 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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