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The Strokestown International Prize 2018
The Strokestown International Prize 2018 Competition 2018 1st Prize € 2,000 Plus A week-long residency at Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat 2nd Prize € 700 3rd Prize € 500 Reading fees of € 300 for 5 shortlisted poets The 8 shortlisted poems will be printed in the Strokestown Anthology 2018, Competition opens 1st September […]
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Massey University visiting writer 2018 – application deadline
Visiting writer – poetry, fiction or creative non fiction 20 August 2017 Massey University, in conjunction with Palmerston North City Council and Community Arts Palmerston North, invites applications to join the School of English & Media Studies as Visiting Writer for a 12 week period from mid-April, 2018. The Visiting Writer will receive a salary […]
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Grimshaw Sargeson fellowship – deadline
Entries open for New Zealand’s leading literary fellowship Applications for the 2018 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship are now open. In its 31st year, the Fellowship is a national literary award offering published New Zealand writers, both here and overseas, the opportunity to focus on their craft full-time by providing an annual stipend of $20,000 and tenure […]
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Applications Invited For Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Applications are now open for the 2018 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a stipend of $22,000 and six months’ rent free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest colonial buildings. Built in Thorndon in 1867, the Cottage has been painstakingly restored and is close to the National Library, the Turnbull […]
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Artist-in-Residence-Programme 2018 – Austria
Artist-in-Residence-Programme Call for Applications for the Artist-in-Residence-Programme 2018 Application deadline: September 18, 2017 In co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery makes available 50 residencies in Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) for the year 2018. Applications can be submitted via the Artists in Residence online platform. The residency is designed to offer an opportunity to familiarise […]
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Takah? Short Story Competition 2017 – deadline
This year our short story competition will be judged by Eileen Merriman First Prize: $250 Second Prize: $100 Maximum length for each story submitted is 2,500 words and entries must be emailed (comps@takahe.org.nz) or sent no later than Thursday 30th November 2017. Results and the winning story will be published in takah? 92 (April 2018), and […]
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Michael King Writer’s Centre – Residency Deadline
New Zealand’s largest writer-residency organisation has totally revamped its programme for 2018 following calls by writers for greater flexibility. Michael King is pictured below, the visionary of New Zealand’s only National Writers’ Centre. (Photo credit: Reg Graham) The Michael King Writers’ Centre provides a year-round programme of residencies at the historic […]
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Peter Porter Poetry Prize
Australian Book Review welcomes entries in the fourteenth Peter Porter Poetry Prize. The Porter Prize, which is worth a total of AU$8,500, is open until 3 December 2017.\ The Porter Prize is one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry. It honours the life and work of the great Australian poet Peter […]
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LAUNCH OF ANTHOLOGY HORIZONS 3
The third of the biennial anthologies published by NZSA Top of the South branch will be launched on Thursday 14 September, 5.30 pm at the Refinery ArtSpace in Nelson. Horizons 3 contains the winning and shortlisted stories from the 2017 and 2016 Page & Blackmore Short Story Competitions, plus poems that have appeared in the […]
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So you finished your comic, now what?
Join us at Auckland Central Library to hear four experienced cartoonists talk about the realities of getting your finished comic in front of an audience. Refreshments from 6pm in the Whare Wananga on Level 1. Moderated by Zak Waipara (Otea), the panel will include Sam Orchard (Rooster Tails), Li Chen (Extra Ordinary) and Michel Mulipola […]
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Let’s Get Writing
Craving some uninterrupted, dedicated writing time? Or maybe you just want to get that story idea out of your head and onto the page… Kathryn Burnett’s “Let’s Get Writing” (16 & 17 Sept) is a practical two-day writing workshop designed to give writers of all kinds the time, space and inspiration to be the most productive writer they can be. […]
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Bath Flash Fiction Award International Rolling Flash Fiction Competition
About Our Award We host two international flash fiction writing competitions; the Bath Flash Fiction Award, and the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award. Entrants have […]
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