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DAY RETREAT AT KELLY’S FARM IN ENNER GLYNN, NELSON
Do you fancy a day away from everything, surrounded by native bush but only ten minutes from Nelson city? This is your chance to relax, find inspiration, mix with other writers – or not (your choice!) – while enjoying fantastic catering. Lindy Kelly is generously offering her farm at 100 Enner Glynn Road for […]
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CLIMATEKEYS: KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD – NZ
A series of piano recitals and climate discussions are being held around the globe in November, timed to coincide with the United Nations COP 23 conference being held in Bonn, Germany. An acclaimed pianist will play a concert – 30 minutes. This will be followed by a vigorous discussion facilitated by a climate change scientist […]
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Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize – Deadline Nov 19
Judges: Jennifer Mills, Nic Low and Ryan O’Neill Supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, and named after the late Neilma Gantner, this prize seeks excellent short fiction of up to 3000 words themed around the notion of ‘travel’; imaginative, creative and literary interpretations are strongly encouraged. This competition is open to all writers, nationally and […]
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2018 Wallace Foundation Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest – deadline
Samesame but Different presents The 2018 Wallace Foundation Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest The Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest was first awarded in 2016, replacing a previous contest, begun in 2014 byexpress. It gave New Zealand LGBTIQ writers an opportunity to prove their creative skills and the chance to publish and publicise their work. This year, […]
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BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON
Sheila Kennard is launching hew new book Sky Full of Stars: Penpals across a Century at Page & Blackmore Booksellers, 254 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Friday 3 November at 5.30 pm. Harold Musson – the grandfather of Sheila’s husband Jim – wrote almost daily to his wife from the tranches of France during the Great […]
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The Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2018 – deadline
The Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2018 Open to residents of Australia and New Zealand, the prize is for short stories up to 3,000 words having an island, or island-resonant, theme. The competition is run by Forty South Publishing, the largest book publisher in Tasmania and publisher of Tasmania 40° South magazine. The winner will receive a cash prize […]
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William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
Submissions are now being accepted for the 8th William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Given by Stanford University Libraries in partnership with the William Saroyan Foundation, the award recognizes newly published works of fiction and nonfiction with a $5,000 award for the winner in each category. The prize is designed to encourage new or emerging […]
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Historical Novel Society New Novel Award
Historical Novel Society New Novel Award PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ THE RULES THOROUGHLY BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR NOVEL Submission Your novel can be in any genre of historical fiction. For the purpose of these rules, historical fiction shall mean fiction set in the main at least fifty years ago. To qualify as a novel, your […]
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Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg
Centre for Creative Writing & Oral Culture’s 2018 Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg The writer/storyteller-in-residence position is an annual residency that brings a writer or storyteller to the University of Manitoba to give public performances, to speak in classrooms, and to offer one-on-one mentorship and advice on the craft of writing and/or storytelling. […]
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COURAGE DAY EVENT IN NELSON
Every 15 November throughout the world, PEN – the international writers’ organisation that champions freedom of expression – marks the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. NZSA, which incorporates PEN, honours this event as Courage Day. It is named jointly after James Courage, a novelist and poet whose novel ‘A Way of Love’ was banned […]
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NZSA (PEN NZ Inc) – Auckland Branch presents The Craft of Writing: Drafting your first novel
NZSA (PEN NZ Inc) – Auckland Branch presents The Craft of Writing: Drafting your first novel Friday 17 November and Friday 24 November 6:30 to 8:45pm Writing your first novel and need some help? These two workshops will cover key aspects of novel writing relevant for work aimed at an adult, YA or […]
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Janet Frame Memorial Address from NZSA President of Honour 2017, Bernard Brown
The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) invites you to hear Bernard Brown deliver the 2017 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture Old Government House on 31 October Three Hoots for Survival…”Till the final judgement day, the Last Trump” Janet Frame, Owls Do Cry, 29 Our little gremlins quit home The constant absurdist Saving the world […]
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