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BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON
BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON John Ewan’s book about his late wife, The Audrey Story: from back country to Beehive and beyond, will be launched at Page & Blackmore Booksellers, 254 Trafalgar Street, Nelson, on Tuesday 5 February at 5.30 pm. The book is not about breaking gender barriers or smashing glass ceilings, leveraging degrees or […]
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The First Pages Prize – deadline
The First Pages Prize is open for submissions for the first five pages (1,250 words maximum) of a longer work of fiction or creative non-fiction. Three winners each receive partial developmental editing to support the completion of their manuscript and cash awards of US$1,000 for 1st place, US$750 for 2nd, and US$500 for 3rd. In addition, the 1st and […]
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2019 Pikihuia Awards
2019 Pikihuia Awards The Pikihuia Awards (formerly the Huia Short Story Awards) is a biennial competition that started in 1995 to discover and recognise M?ori writers. The awards encourage diverse M?ori viewpoints and writing in both te reo M?ori and English. THE AWARDS First-time Writer in te reo M?ori First-time Writer in English Emerging Writer […]
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Page & Blackmore Short Story Competition – deadline
The Top of the South Branch ?of ?the ?New Zealand Society of Authors Page & Blackmore ? Short Story Competition Our Annual Short Story Competition ? opens for entries on 1st January 2019 ?? ?The Top of the South branch of New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) organises an annual Short Story Competition. Previously the sole sponsor […]
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THE 2019 TEXT PRIZE! – deadline
Attention, writers of Australia and New Zealand: there’s just one month to go! Mark 7 January 2019 in your diaries, because that is the date entries open for the $10,000 Annual Text Prize for Young Adult & Children’s Writing. Full details and the entry form are here. Submissions open 7 January and close 8 February, 2019. […]
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The Cooney Insurance Short Story Competition 2019 – deadline
The Cooney Insurance Short Story Competition 2019 is Now Open! • The competition is organised by the Cambridge Autumn Festival, and there are great prizes to be won… FIRST PRIZE: $1,000 SECOND PRIZE: $500 THIRD PRIZE: $250 • Word limit is 1500 words. It’s open to all ages, and entries close 31 January 2019. • […]
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POETS IN THE PARK, NELSON
This special event takes place on Wednesday 23 January, 6 pm, at the Botanical Reserve, Milton Street, Nelson. The meeting place is half way between the road and the start of Centre of New Zealand track. Bring a picnic tea, read a poem (your own or one you love), sing a song (acoustic only), or just come and […]
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Magic Oxygen Literary Prize – Submissions Close
The Magic Oxygen Literary Prize #MOLP 5 is now open! The Magic Oxygen Literary Prize is now open for entries until 31st December 2018. In its fifth year, yet again #MOLP had an incredible prize fund of £3,000, which will be awarded in each category as follows: First Prize – £1,000 Second Prize – £300 Third Prize – […]
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New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2019 – deadline tranch 1 Apr to Nov
2019 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, for New Zealand books published between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Please note that there are two submission deadlines. You are asked to send your entries in these two tranches for ease of sending to the judges. For books published between 1 April […]
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New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2019 – deadline tranch 2
2019 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, for New Zealand books published between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Please note that there are two submission deadlines. You are asked to send your entries in these two tranches for ease of sending to the judges. For books published between 1 April […]
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New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2019 – deadline tranch 1 Dec to Mar
2019 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, for New Zealand books published between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019. Please note that there are two submission deadlines. You are asked to send your entries in these two tranches for ease of sending to the judges. For books published between 1 April […]
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Migrant Poets – Poetry Reading and Writers Talk
Migrant Poets – Poetry Reading and Writers Talk A public programme for Carving Water Painting Voice Monday 10th December, 11.30am Edmiston Gallery Join poet Riemke Ensing and special guests in this public programme for Carving Water Painting Voice. Writing in response to their experiences of migration the poets will read pieces of their work followed by […]
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