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    • NZSA Kupu Kaitiaki Programme for Kaituhi Māori A programme pairing emerging kaituhi Māori with an experienced te reo Māori pūkenga and literary advisor - Kupu Kaitiaki - to offer valuable feedback on a manuscript written in te reo Māori
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        • NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize Annual and open to published and unpublished authors who are invited to enter manuscripts written across genres ie fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama or children’s writing, to be judged within the criteria set by Laura Solomon, for new writing with a ‘unique and original vision’.
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  • Perfect Online Pitch: Little Moa/Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

    Posted on 29 July 2026

    Perfect Online Pitch has closed for applications for 2026. We aim to run this again in 2027.

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  • Perfect Online Pitch: Massey University Press

    Posted on 29 July 2026

    Perfect Online Pitch has closed for 2026. We aim to run something similar in 2027.

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  • Perfect Online Pitch: Allen and Unwin Adults Division

    Posted on 29 July 2026

    Perfect Online Pitch has closed for applications for 2026. We aim to run this again in 2027.

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  • Perfect Online Pitch: Bateman Books

    Posted on 29 July 2026

    Perfect Online Pitch has closed for applications for 2026. We aim to run this again in 2027.

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  • Perfect Online Pitch: Allen and Unwin Children’s Division

    Posted on 29 July 2026

    Perfect Online Pitch has closed for applications for 2026. We aim to run this again in 2027.

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  • Perfect Online Pitch: Moa Press/Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand

    Posted on 29 July 2026

    Perfect Online Pitch has closed for applications for 2026. We aim to run this again in 2027.

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  • Perfect Online Pitch: Pan Macmillian Australia

    Posted on 29 July 2026

    Perfect Online Pitch has closed for applications for 2026. We aim to run this again in 2027.

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  • Perfect Online Pitch: The Text Publishing Company

    Posted on 29 July 2026

    Perfect Online Pitch has closed for applications for 2026. We aim to run this again in 2027.

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  • Imposter Syndrome, Kiwi Cringe, and Other Anxieties with Lee Murray

    Posted on 28 July 2026

    Award-winning author Lee Murray presents a round-table discussion on dealing with the low points in a writing career, including isolation, rejection, comparititus, and tall poppy syndrome. This WebWorkshop includes strategies for leveraging creativity for resilience, connection, and understanding and is for anyone who struggles with the ups and downs of writing life! Lee Murray ONZM […]

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  • Book Launch – The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize winner Susanna Elliffe

    Posted on 27 July 2026

    You are warmly invited to the launch of patron saints of roadkill by Susanna Elliffe The Prize Winning short story collection by the 2025 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize  launch. Thursday, 30 July, 5–6.30pm grand foyer, Ōamaru opera house 94 Thames Street rsvp: hello@thecubapress.nz with subject ‘patron saints

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  • Writing Action, with Paula Morris

    Posted on 24 July 2026

    Create compelling action with Paula Morris In fiction, scenes are shaped by consciousness (the emotional moment) and action (the dramatic moment). Sometimes, in drafts of novels and stories, we can lose sight of one or the other. This module offers close reading of excerpts from published work to explore how to build and sustain rich, […]

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  • New work by talented writers win NZSA manuscript assessments

    Posted on 24 July 2026

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc announce the writers who will receive manuscript guidance through this year’s CompleteMS programme. Powerful manuscripts crafted by these accomplished writers, have been chosen to be part of this year’s programme. Writers spend months polishing their stories for entry into this competitive […]

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