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Tracy Farr is winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024!
Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024 winner The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Tracy Farr on winning the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize with her manuscript Wonderland. The prize was created by the NZSA and the Solomon family to fulfil the wishes of […]
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Nationwide Book Launches Rere Takitahi
Rere Takitahi/Flying Solo Anthology IN A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTI-GENRE ANTHOLOGY, FIFTY NEW, EMERGING, ESTABLISHED, AND VETERAN WRITERS EXPLORE THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SOLO-PARENTED AND ALTERNATIVELY-STRUCTURED FAMILIES IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND. Edited by JCL Purchase & AJ Woolf with an introduction by Professor Paul Spoonley, this wide-ranging, eclectic anthology — which includes short and micro fiction, poetry, […]
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$25,000 CLNZ NZSA Writers’ Award 2024 OPENS
The CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award of $25,000 is one of the highest value 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 […]
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An Introduction to the Novella-in-Flash – A Webworkshop with Michelle Elvy
NZSA Webworkshop on 10am-12pm, Thursday 20 June A look at the fragmented-connective storytelling of the novella-in-flash (NIF). In this workshop, we’ll look at the big-picture view of structure, voice and world-building, plus the focus of each piece, with its own internal logic. We’ll consider different kinds of small fictions, and how patterns and breaks in […]
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Why Writing an Essay is Like Following a River – A Webworkshop with Lynn Davidson
NZSA Webworkshop on 6pm – 8pm, Tuesday 20 August In this workshop we will look at the way creative essays follow a thought or idea in a discursive way, allowing for divergence, connections, and surprise. Lynn Davidson writes poetry, memoir, essays and fiction. She had a Hawthornden Fellowship in 2013 and a Bothy Project Residency […]
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From Stray Poems to Collection: A Webworkshop with Mikaela Nyman
NZSA Webworkshop on 10am-12pm, Wednesday 31 July Do you have a notebook, laptop or a drawer of poems waiting to be organised and assembled into a chapbook, book, or a series, but you’re not sure how to go about it? In this workshop award-winning poet Mikaela Nyman will share tips to help you shape your […]
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Gifkins Prize Shortlist!
Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2024 – Shortlist announcement! 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 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. Four standout manuscripts by New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for […]
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NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award
We are proud to announce the launch of the NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award which supports the completion and/or publication of new fiction by mid-career fiction writers from New Zealand. The NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award was established by novelist Tina Shaw to encourage the development of great novels by mid-career fiction writers who are working […]
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NZSA Youth Mentorships
Congratulations to the talented student writers awarded NZSA Youth Mentorships! The four secondary school students selected for mentorships will each be matched with a professional writer/mentor in their genre, as part of the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) 2024 Youth Mentorship Programme The young writers will hone their writing […]
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CLNZ NZSA Research Grants 2024 OPEN
Applications open for cash grants to support NZ writers Applications are now open for the CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants to help writers research a 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, tō […]
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Manawatū Regional Roadshow 2024
9AM – 4PM, SATURDAY 8 JUNE 2024, TE WHARE WAIRUA MERERIKIRIKI, 140-148 MAXWELLS LINE, AWAPUNI, PALMERSTON NORTH The Regional Roadshows offer local writers access to professional development, masterclasses, workshops and panel discussions taught by experienced writers from across Aotearoa. These events are organised in partnership with local NZSA branches to build collegiality, connection and new […]
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Come Together: Whāingaroa Writers Weekend
Join us for two days of writerly events on Saturday 1 June and Sunday 2 June at the Raglan Old School: Siobhan Harvey gives a workshop on character, Ben Brown speaks about the whakapapa of Story, Tracey Slaughter digs into flash fiction, Ann Neville and Tina Shaw talk about publishing. For a programme or […]
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