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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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Australian Book Review Calibre Essay Prize
Calibre Essay Prize now open! Australian Book Review welcomes entries in the twelfth Calibre Essay Prize, Australia’s premier prize for a non-fiction essay. All essayists writing in English are eligible, regardless of where they live. Entries must be submitted online via our website. Discounted entry is available for current ABR subscribers and bundled subscription and […]
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Carry on Writing Memoir
Sat 25th Nov & Sat 2nd Dec 9.30am – 4.30pm Paraparaumu Library Meeting Room 9 Iver Trask Place Paraparaumu Carry on Writing Memoir is an intensive two day workshop with writer and teacher Lynn Jenner. An intensive two days of workshopping intended for people who have a project underway, are interested in keeping their motivation up, and […]
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The 2018 K?piti Writers’ Retreat
The 2018 K?piti Writers’ Retreat 23-25 February 2018 K?piti Coast, New Zealand Immerse yourself in writing and conversation this summer. There’s something for everyone–whether you’re new to writing, an established writer, or somewhere in-between. Happening from 23-25 February 2018 on the beautiful K?piti Coast north of Wellington, the K?piti Writers’ Retreat is a two-day […]
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Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards deadline
A short step to stardom… Entries for the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards 2017 are now open. Now in their 34th year, these awards are among New Zealand’s most prestigious and established writing prizes. The competition has helped launch the careers of many well-known writers including Eleanor Catton, Owen Marshall, Sarah Laing, Norman Bilbrough, Barbara […]
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