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StartWrite Writing Sample & Synopsis Assessment Programme
StartWrite Writing Sample and Synopsis Assessment Service – for writers who want to get an appraisal for part of their work. Writers can send in a piece of writing, up to 6,000 words (for poetry up to 20 pages), and a one page synopsis. The NZSA Writing Sample and Synopsis Assessment Service is an excellent […]
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NZSA Mentorships 2025 announced
We are pleased to announce that 13 emerging writers have been selected for The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa 2025 Mentorship Programme. The selection panel of convenor Sharon Manssen along with panellists Ruby Porter and Jacqui McRae commented: ‘To all the writers, we would like to say well done in […]
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Auckland Branch Network Meeting
Our next networking meeting (and AGM) will be held on Saturday 5 April at Freemans Bay School (95 Wellington St). We will be circulating reports and finances in advance when they’re ready. A reminder that calls for nominations for either Auckland Branch chair or secretary positions remain open until 31st March. These will be voted […]
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NZSA Wellington Branch 2025 AGM with guest Damien Wilkins
SAVE THE DATE! You are invited to the NZSA Wellington Branch 2025 Annual General Meeting, to be held at Waitoa Victoria St on Monday 14 April 2025 from 6.00–7.30pm. We’re excited to announce that our guest speaker for the evening will be Damien Wilkins, Director of the International Institute of Modern Letters Te Pūtahi Tui […]
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2025 New Zealand Poetry Society International competition
WHO ARE THE JUDGES? Lee Murray Lee Murray ONZM is a multi-award-winning writer and a five-time Bram Stoker Awards® winner, including for poetry for Tortured Willows. A NZSA Honorary Literary Fellow, Lee is a Grimshaw Sargeson Fellow and winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize for her narrative poetry collection Fox Spirit on […]
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Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki launches ambitious, wide-ranging 2025 programme
For 26 years Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki has showcased some of the world’s most celebrated storytellers and thinkers. Between 13 – 18 May, tens of thousands of people from all over the country will once again take their pick from a jam-packed programme of over 170 events across a range of venues and […]
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Michael King Writers Centre 2025 Australian Residency
Applications are Now Open! The Michael King Writers Centre in association with Varuna, The National Writers’ House in Katoomba, NSW, Australia is pleased to announce for the fourth time, a residency in Australia for New Zealand writers. This four week residency is open to mid-career or established writers who have had a book published in […]
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ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2025
Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2025 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for an original short story. The prize – worth a total of AU$12,500 – is open to all writers writing in English. The winner will receive $6,000; second place will receive $4,000 and third place will receive $2,500. All three […]
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Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing 2025
Te Kaupeka Toi Tangata | Faculty of Arts · Full-time at 37.5 hours per week · 6 month fixed-term opportunity · $82000 per annum (pro rata) Āu Mahi | What You Will Do This fixed-term Residency seeks to foster New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity for a writer to work on an approved […]
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The Spinoff Book Club
Thursday 13 March, 7pm – 8pm, The Hannah Playhouse Tickets: $19.50–$29.50 (+booking fees) Book now: at The Hannah Playhouse, here. Come along to The Spinoff Book Club hosted by Claire Mabey (books editor, The Spinoff and founder of Verb Wellington). A line up of guests will chat about books they love, books they’ve written, and books […]
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National Flash Fiction Day 2025
The 2025 competition is now open. Submit your entry by 30 April! The 2025 judges for the national competition are the award-winning writers Brannavan Gnanalingam and Vana Manasiadis. The 2025 youth judge is Shilo Kino. How to enter can be found on the NFFD Competition page. More about the 2025 international youth competition later this […]
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NZSA Wellington Open Mic Mar 2025
Come along on Monday 10 March to our next NZSA Wellington literary shindig – at a new venue, on a new day! To settle in to this new venue for our series of regular branch events for this year, we’re holding another of our ever-popular Open Mic Evenings. We hope you can join us – to […]
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