• Landing Press submission deadline

    I am writing to you on behalf of Landing Press based in Wellington. We are working on a collection of poems by migrants and refugee-background individuals living in New Zealand and want to invite you/your organisation to send us poems. And please help us spread the word about this great opportunity. The only requirement is […]

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  • The Aeon Award 2018 – deadine

    Albedo One  Ireland’s Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror proudly announces the 13th International Aeon Award Short Fiction Contest: The Aeon Award 2018 Grand Prize: €1000 Second Prize: €200 Third Prize: €100 Plus guaranteed publication in Albedo One for the top three stories as chosen by our esteemed Grand Judges Ian Watson, Juliet E. McKenna, Priya Sharma and […]

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  • SUBMISSIONS OPEN MAYDAY FOR POETRY NEW ZEALAND 2019 annual

    Poetry New Zealand accepts poetry on any theme, and in any style.   Submissions open May 1 and close July 31 each year. Make sure your poems are typed, and appropriately edited. Please also provide a brief bio-note. We do not wish to receive more than five poems in any one submission. They should be previously unpublished. […]

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  • National Short Story Competition Run by Northland Branch NZSA

    National Short Story Competition Run by Northland Branch, NZSA (PEN Inc) Spend winter writing short stories and enter: NorthWrite 2018 Mini: Springing out of Winter PRIZES: First prize –    $300 plus publication on the NorthWrite website Second prize – Edit of a 3000 word short story. Third prize –    $50 Book Token. To be judged by DIANA […]

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  • Canterbury writing workshops

    Once again, we’ve put together a fantastic line up of NZ writers, for a weekend series of writing workshops. And thanks to Creative New Zealand, they’re free! FRIDAY 4th of May: Talks with Q&A 5.30 pm Novels for Old and Young, with Mandy Hager Mandy Hager is a multi-award-winning writer for both young adults and […]

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  • NZPS International Poetry Competition – deadline

    The New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition 2018 COMPETITION OPENS: 1 March ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY: 31 May Our competition has multiple options for entering, depending on your age and the poetry genre (verse or haiku). The links below take you to all the forms you need, as well as the instructions for entering […]

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  • Learn to Write Good Creative Writing Workshop

    Christchurch – Saturday, June 2 at 10 AM – 6 PM The Avon Loop Community Cottage -28 Hurley St Dunedin -Saturday, June 9 at 10 AM – 6 PM Fringe HQ -26 Princes Street Wellington – Saturday, June 16 at 10 AM – 6 PM Toi Poneke Arts Centre, 61 – 69 Abel Smith St, […]

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  • Learn to Write Good Creative Writing Workshop

    Christchurch – Saturday, June 2 at 10 AM – 6 PM The Avon Loop Community Cottage -28 Hurley St Dunedin -Saturday, June 9 at 10 AM – 6 PM Fringe HQ -26 Princes Street Wellington – Saturday, June 16 at 10 AM – 6 PM Toi Poneke Arts Centre, 61 – 69 Abel Smith St, […]

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  • Learn to Write Good Creative Writing Workshop

    Learn to Write Good Creative Writing Workshop   Christchurch – Saturday, June 2 at 10 AM – 6 PM The Avon Loop Community Cottage -28 Hurley St   Dunedin -Saturday, June 9 at 10 AM – 6 PM Fringe HQ -26 Princes Street   Wellington – Saturday, June 16 at 10 AM – 6 PM […]

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  • Learn to Write Good Creative Writing Workshop

    Christchurch – Saturday, June 2 at 10 AM – 6 PM The Avon Loop Community Cottage -28 Hurley St Dunedin -Saturday, June 9 at 10 AM – 6 PM Fringe HQ -26 Princes Street Wellington – Saturday, June 16 at 10 AM – 6 PM Toi Poneke Arts Centre, 61 – 69 Abel Smith St, […]

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  • Launch | No One Home by Keith Westwater

    Launch | No One Home by Keith Westwater | In-store Thursday 26th April, 6-7:30pm Join Unity Books & Makaro Press for the launch of NO ONE HOME: A BOYHOOD MEMOIR IN LETTERS AND POEMS by Keith Westwater Thursday 26th April, 6-7:30pm In-store at Unity Books Wellington, 57 Willis St. No one home The boy he’s […]

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  • ‘THE WAR PRAYER’ CONCERT

    As part of the Nelson Fringe Festival, Mark Raffills will be performing Mark Twain’s prose poem ‘The War Prayer’ on Friday 4 May, 5 pm at the Ghost Light Theatre, 146 Bridge Street, Nelson. ‘The War Prayer’ is a scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervour as motivations for war. When Twain’s publisher rejected […]

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