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‘Exercising the Imagination’
Creative writing workshop with Aaron Topp Suitable for 10 years and up. Writing, mountain biking, letting your brain run wild! Where: Wardini Books, 16 Te Mata Rd, Havelock North, 6–6.30pm. Bookings essential, ph 877 7783. Cost: $5, proceeds to Trail Fund NZ. 15 spaces available.
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Competition for Song, Story and Essay
Open competition – run by Hourglass Literary Magazine for writers who write in English, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. Open to authors from the Diaspora. $1000 for the best short story; $1000 for the best essay; $1,000 for the best song. More Deadline is 1 Jan 2016.
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Best New Zealand Poems
Best New Zealand Poems is published annually by the International Institute of Modern Letters, and aims to introduce readers – especially internationally – to leading contemporary New Zealand poets. The poems are chosen to show the vitality and range of current writing. More Deadline for submissions 15 December
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Deborah Challinor Devonport Event
12.30pm Tues 3 Nov, The Esplanade Hotel, Devonport, Auckland New Zealand’s mistress of historical fiction, Deborah Challinor, will speak about her latest book A Tattooed Heart at an exclusive lunch in Devonport in November. Tickets: $45 each includes lunch & wine. Available from Paper Plus Glenfield ph. 441 7084. On-line through eventfinda.co.nz Or from the Michael […]
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Poetry in Performance – Canterbury
6.30pm Wednesday’s till 18 Nov. CPIT Lecture Theatre, 5 Madras St, Christchurch Canterbury Poets Collective. More
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NZ Book Week – Christchurch
NZSA Canterburty Branch with CCC Beca Heritage Week, present the NZ Heritage Book Awards. The books and writing entries finalists are now on display – until Oct 27th Where: in the South Library on Colombo St and the Peterborough St Central Library in Christchurch Cost: Free Find out more here
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Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Applications Invited For Randell Cottage Writers Residency Applications are now open for the 2017 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a stipend of $22,000 and six months’ rent free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest colonial buildings. Built in Thorndon in 1867, the Cottage has been painstakingly restored and is close […]
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The Wallace Arts Trust Prize” short fiction contest
With the support of the Wallace Foundation Alternative Bindings are awarding the following prizes in 2016 $600 for the Wallace Arts Trust Prize Best Short Story; and $300 for the Wallace Arts Trust Runner-up Short Story. The competition welcomes both emerging and established writers to share their stories based on the theme ‘A Kiwi Romance’ […]
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Fact to Fiction Seminar
November 7 – 9.30am to 3pm – Southwell School, Hamilton This year’s Waikato Children’s Literature Association seminar features guest authors Stacy Gregg, Susan Brocker and Philippa Werry. They will discuss how they create stories and novels with a basis in fact. Stacy Gregg is author of the Pony Club Secrets and Pony Club Rivals series. […]
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CLNZ Contestable Funding
Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Cultural Fund is made available in a contestable fund. The number of successful projects will vary from year-to-year and will depend on the individual merits of the applications received. Project and applicant eligibility are set out in the contestable fund guidelines below. Please read […]
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