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Flash in Aotearoa: NFFD 2017 competition deadline 30 April!
Flash in Aotearoa: NFFD 2017 competition is open! The 2017 National Flash Fiction Day runs February 15 – April 30. Send your best 300-word story * Cash prizes * Two categories this year Adult (19+) First Prize: $1000 Second Prize: $400 Third Prize: $100 Judges: Michael Harlow and Emma Neale Youth (18 and under) […]
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Creative Matakana
Matakana, less than an hour north of Auckland and well known for its weekly Village Farmers Market, is special. It has creative and innovative people, great food and wine, galleries and many beaches and regional parks to explore. These assets have been woven into a 5-day programme of artistic workshops, to be held in May […]
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TEDXMANUKAUINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGY
TEDxManukauInstituteOfTechnology Event to be held at the following time, date and location: Saturday, 4 March 2017 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (NZDT) MIT Manukau Campus Corner of Davies Avenue and Manukau Station Road, Manukau ,Auckland, 2104,New Zealand Attend Event Join us for the first ever TEDxManukauInstituteOfTechnology: The Changing Face of Manukau. Licensed by TED […]
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PANZ Play Competition 2017
PLAYWRIGHTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND (INC) PANZ Play Competition 2017 Adjudicators: Dave Armstrong and June Allen Proudly sponsored by PLAYMARKET Enquiries and submissions to: panz2017@vodafone.co.nz RULES: Only members of PANZ may enter the competition. Membership is open to any person who is a long-term resident of New Zealand or is residing here for the whole […]
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Invitation to Oxford Education Research Symposium
Invitation to Oxford Education Research Symposium — March 2017 We are pleased to invite you to our 10th Education Research Symposium at Oxford. It will be held 20 & 21 March 2017, at the Oxford University Club, Oxford, UK. You are invited to submit an abstract if you wish to present a paper at the symposium, […]
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Tauranga Writers Golden Jubilee – Books from our own backyard
Golden Jubilee Celebrations begin February 17 with Books from Our Own Backyard In conjunction with: Creative Bay of Plenty Arcade Arts. Where: Library Arcade, Willow and Wharf Street, Tauranga When: February 17 from 11am to 1pm. Official Opening at Noon by Mayor Greg Brownless Bring the kids In this celebration of word-craft ? Activities include: […]
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BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON
Emma Stevens invites you to the launch of Dancing on the Tundra at 5.30 pm on Wednesday 1 March at Fairfield House, 48 Van Diemen Street, Nelson. Drinks and nibbles provided. Dancing on the Tundra is the final book in Emma’s trilogy of memoirs about living and loving in the Alaskan wilderness. As the book […]
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The Kindle UK Storyteller Award
Amazon Announces New English Language Literary Prize – The Kindle UK Storyteller Award Winning author to receive £20,000 cash prize and be recognised at central London award ceremony this summer Amazon UK has announced The Kindle Storyteller Award, a new literary prize recognising newly published work in the English language across any genre. The prize […]
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Dan Davin Literary Foundation – call for papers
CALL FOR PAPERS Dan Davin Literary Foundation – Short Story Symposium September 2017 The Dan Davin Conference on the New Zealand Short Story – its traditions and departures – will be held in September. The conference is an opportunity to celebrate Southland-born author Dan Davin as one of the fathers of the modern New Zealand […]
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Sponge is looking for original science fiction and speculative fiction
Sponge is looking for original science fiction and speculative fiction from New Zealand and Pacific writers. This means that (for now) you can only submit to Sponge if you are a citizen of New Zealand or the Pacific, or if you are a resident of this area. If you are unsure whether this means you, […]
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FULL DAY WORKSHOP – ‘WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY’
This writing workshop with best-selling author Yvonne Lindsay is sponsored by Romance Writers of NZ (RWNZ) and organised by Nelson Romance Writers. The workshop is open to all writers and aspiring writers, of all genres, within the Top of the South region. It will take place on Saturday 25 February 2017, 9 am – 4 […]
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Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency
The Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency is for a mid-career or senior New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to carry out work on a creative writing project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history at the University of Hawai‘i for three months. One award valued at NZ$30,000 is granted each year, towards three months of writing. Closing […]
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