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The NZSA Mentor Programme accepts applications for the 2021 programme from 1 Dec 2020 to 1 Feb 2021.

The NZ Society of Authors Mentor programme 2021 seeks applications from writers looking for professional development, a safe space to discuss their work, intellectual community, role models, accountability and substantive feedback. The NZSA Mentor Programme is designed to give beginning or emerging writers who demonstrate potential and commitment the opportunity to work closely with an experienced writer as their mentor in order to hone their writing skills and, in the process, take a piece of work from the early stages to a polished manuscript with potential for publication. The writers and creators who gained mentorships in 2020 polished and refined their skills under the mentorship of these talented professionals: Pip Adam, Mandy Hager, Pippa Werry, Vanda Symon, Fiona Kidman, Kiri Piahana-Wong, Sue Reidy, Lee Murray, Geoff Walker, Paula Morris, Cilla McQueen, Vivienne Plumb and Alison Wong.

This programme is made possible thanks to support from Creative New Zealand. This year, as part of our commitment to diversity we have again tagged 3 mentorships for emerging writers identifying as Maori, Pasifika, and Asian. More