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Headland – accepting submissions
We have a current opportunity for New Zealand writers to submit for Issue 5, to be published in February 2016. Our submission deadline is 11 December. We are wondering if you’d be willing to include our deadline on your website or newsletter? Headland is currently accepting submissions of short fiction and creative non-fiction, 2000-5000 words, […]
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Reimagining the Media – call for pitches
Reimagining the Media: What is the future of the media landscape in New Zealand? (working title) Editorial steering group: Giovanni Tiso (Bat Bean Beam), Russell Brown (Public Address), Rosabel Tan (Pantograph Punch), Sarah Illingworth (Impolitikal), Barnaby Bennett (Freerange Press), Emma Johnson (Freerange Press). Freerange Press’s next non-fiction publication, Reimagining the Media, will investigate the nature […]
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The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults – 2nd submission
The quest for outstanding books for children and young adults begins! Submissions are now open for the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Publishers are invited to send in their books for consideration. The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (merged from late 2015 with the LIANZA Children’s Book […]
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New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2016 – 1st submission
The quest for outstanding books for children and young adults begins! Submissions are now open for the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Publishers are invited to send in their books for consideration. The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (merged from late 2015 with the LIANZA Children’s Book […]
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Write Night
Write Night is a new monthly meet-up opportunity for writers of all persuasions to get together, discuss projects, seek advice, eat biscuits and meet like-minded scribes. Each session features a special guest presenter. November’s guest is Leilani Tamu. Leilani is a poet, social commentator, Pacific historian and former New Zealand diplomat. In 2013 she was the Fulbright […]
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BUDAPEST GIRL – BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON
Panni Palásti (Eva Brown) is well-known as a poet and her work has been published in Europe, the United States and in New Zealand. Her much-awaited memoir Budapest Girl: an immigrant confronts the past will be launched in the Free House Yurt on Thursday 10 December at 5.30 pm. Born in Budapest in 1933, Panni […]
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End of Year Full Manuscript Assessment Opportunity for Members!!
Two NZSA members can have their completed manuscript assessed by an NZSA assessor. To enter the draw, you just need to tell us what being a member of the NZ Society of Authors (PEN Inc) means for you. But be quick! This opportunity is only open till 11.45pm on Wednesday 25 Nov 2015. To qualify […]
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Writers at Lunchtime
WRITERS AT LUNCHTIME The next meeting of Writers at Lunchtime will be on Wednesday 2 December, 11.30 am – 1.30 pm. This is our Christmas social event, with a fun quiz and a raffle. Bring a wrapped book (it doesn’t have to be new!) for mystery gift exchange. Writers at Lunchtime is organised by the […]
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BOOK LAUNCH IN BLENHEIM
June Bowen will be launching her novel Gone, Brother, Gone at Blenheim Public Library, 33 Arthur Street, on Wednesday 2 December at 7.30 pm. Sibling rivalry is not a problem for Ellen and Alistair. In a family where money is god and time is profit, they have always been there for each other. When Ellen […]
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Cooney Insurance Short Story Competition
The Cooney Insurance Short Story Competition is Now Open! Organised by the Cambridge Autumn Festival, prizes are awarded at a gala event Thursday 20 April 2017, during the Autumn Festival. FIRST PRIZE: $1,000 SECOND PRIZE: $500 THIRD PRIZE: $250 The theme is ‘A Stranger. Word limit is 1500 words. Entries close 28 February 2017. To […]
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Ó Bhéal Five Words International Poetry Competition
Competition Overview At around noon each Tuesday (GMT), from the 14th of April 2015, five words are posted on this competition page. Entrants have one week to compose and submit poems that include all five words given for the week. The competition runs for 41 weeks, until the last week of January 2016. Prize A […]
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Hourglass Literary Magazine Competition
Awards: The winning entry in each category (short story, essay and poem) will receive US$1000 as prize money, apart from a symbolic artifact (clepsydra), digital stamp and diploma. Winning entries will be published in the first issue of the Hourglass Literary Magazine, in the original language (English / BCMS languages) and translated (BCMS/English). Authors will […]
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