• $25,000 CLNZ NZSA Writers’ Award 2023 OPENS – call for applications!

    Posted on 1 June 2023

    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

    Posted on 28 May 2023

    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!

    Posted on 19 May 2023

    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

    Posted on 19 May 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

    Posted on 11 May 2023

    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

    Posted on 5 May 2023

    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

    Posted on 25 April 2023

    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

    Posted on 19 April 2023

    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!

    Posted on 6 April 2023

    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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  • Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023 shortlist

    Posted on 6 April 2023

    We are pleased to announce that five writers have been shortlisted for an award that celebrates fresh writing with a ‘unique and original vision’. NZSA congratulates shortlisted writers Susanna Elliffe, Melanie Kwang, Wes Lee, Lee Murray, and Kathryn van Beek. 58 applications came in for this prize and the shortlist judging panel of Tina Shaw […]

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  • Te Tauihu Short Story Awards 2023

    Posted on 29 March 2023

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Top of the South Branch, announces the 2023 Te Tauihu Short Story Awards.  EQUAL PRIZES FOR ENGLISH AND MĀORI SECTIONS $1,000 first place $500 second place $300 third place Entries close 5 pm 31st May 2023 Entry fee $20.00 per entry for 26 years and over and $10.00 per entry […]

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  • NZSA Wellington branch 2023 AGM feat. Cristina Sanders

    Posted on 26 March 2023

    Nau mai, haere mai, welcome! The Wellington branch of New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa warmly invites you to our branch AGM for 2023, with special guest Cristina Sanders. Where: Upper Chamber, Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Abel Smith Street, Wellington (need a map?) When: Monday 3 April from 5.30pm to 7.00pm […]

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