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Small Island Big Ideas Festival
Aotea to host ‘Finding our Voice’ storytelling festival Small Island Big Ideas has announced its next event – a festival of storytelling to be held on the island from October 6th to 8th. Some of Aotearoa’s best-loved authors writing on themes dear to the heart of Islanders have been invited.Annette Lees will talk about her […]
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Chatham Island Writers Retreat 8-13 September
The Inaugural Chatham Islands Writers’ Retreat offers a chance to surround yourself with an ocean of inspiration. An outstanding week is proposed of learning, relaxing, meeting some local Chatham Islanders, making new acquaintances, and stepping into the island’s culture and visiting many special places. More info here: Inaugural Chatham Islands Writers’ Retreat brochure
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Applications open for NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2023
A $10,000 Opportunity for Writers Applications open for NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2023 Calling for applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project. The Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship is awarded each year to a mid-career or senior writer […]
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$25,000 CLNZ NZSA Writers’ Award 2023 OPENS – call for applications!
The CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award of $25,000 is one of the highest non-fiction prizes in New Zealand literature, and is now open for applications. He $25,000 te nui o te Karāti Kaituhi o te CLNZ me te NZSA, te karāti mātua mo ngā pakimaero-pono o ngā momo-tuhinga o Aotearoa. Ka taea e ngā Kaituhi te […]
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Ticket to Write – An evening with Philippa Werry and Redmer Yska
Nau mai, haere mai, welcome! The Wellington branch of New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa warmly invites you to TICKET TO WRITE – An evening with Philippa Werry and Redmer Yska. Where: GOOD BOOKS, 2/16 Jessie St, Pōneke Wellington (need a map?) When: Wednesday 21 June from 5.30pm to 7.00pm Travel […]
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Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023 winner!
Lee Murray is winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023! The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Lee Murray on winning the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize with her manuscript Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud. The prize was created by the NZSA and […]
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Four talented secondary school students awarded NZSA Youth Mentorships in 2023
Four talented secondary school students awarded mentorships with professional writers as part of NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Youth Mentorship Programme These young writers will hone their writing skills and develop their craft through the year as part of this programme and we congratulate them on their success. […]
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CLNZ NZSA Research Grants 2023 OPEN
Applications open for cash grants to support NZ writers Applications are now open for the CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants to help you research for your fiction or non-fiction writing project. Kua tuwhera ināianei ngā tono mō ngā Karāti Rangahau o te CLNZ | NZSA hei āwhina atu māu e rangahau tō hinonga, tō kōrero paki, […]
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2023 Michael Gifkins Prize Shortlist Announced
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. Five excellent manuscripts by New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for this year’s prize: How to Stop a River by G. M. […]
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Wellington Writers Walk 21st anniversary event
The Wellington Writers Walk is 21 years old this year! Help celebrate this auspicious occasion with a very special event featuring two of New Zealand’s most celebrated authors, Elizabeth Knox and Dame Fiona Kidman. Join Elizabeth and Fiona as they talk with Tanya Ashcroft (author, broadcaster and Writers Walk committee member) about the creation, history […]
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CompleteMS 2023 – open for applications
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 now open for applications. Thirteen writers will receive essential critical feedback on an advanced work in […]
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Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2023 – Longlist announcement!
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa and Text Publishing are delighted to announce the longlist for the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2023. The longlisted writers are: G.M. Allen, Jane Bitomsky, Tina Cartwright, Oliver Clifton, Thom Conroy, Rachel J Fenton, Danielle Heyhoe, Anne Lochead, Alex Lodge, Heidi North, […]
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