• Outside the Square

    CALLING ALL WRITERS Outside the Square is an initiative, funded by the Henderson-Massey Local Board, to support community arts in Henderson. Our initial project will commission four to six written works to provide a fresh perspective on the Henderson area. We are seeking innovative Henderson stories. This could be contemporary interpretations of local history, recent […]

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  • Flash Fiction – Bonsai

    IMMEDIATE CALL — ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS THROUGH NOVEMBER 30! Editors Michelle Elvy, Frankie McMillan and James Norcliffe are seeking submissions for a comprehensive book of compressed fiction to be published in 2017. This is an ambitious project, the first of its kind in New Zealand, and we aim to include the very best small fictions from […]

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  • M Literary Residency in China – 2017-2018

    M Literary Residency in China – 2017-2018 SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 CALL TO WRITERS FOR THE 2017-2018 M LITERARY RESIDENCY: Applications for the 2017-2018 cycle will open on October 10th and will close on January 2nd, 2017. TO APPLY, PLEASE CLICK HERE. The winners will be announced on March 10th, 2017 during the Shanghai International Literary […]

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  • Beginners Guide to Screenwriting – Wellington

    Please include in your newsletter or web calendar. 2017 Dates Announced Auckland – 18 & 19th February – Earlybird Registration Now Open Christchurch – 4 & 5th March –    Earlybird Registration Now Open Wellington – 11 & 12th March –    Earlybird Registration Now Open Got a great film idea but not sure where to start?  […]

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  • Beginners Guide to Screenwriting – Christchurch

    Please include in your newsletter or web calendar. 2017 Dates Announced Auckland – 18 & 19th February – Earlybird Registration Now Open Christchurch – 4 & 5th March –    Earlybird Registration Now Open Wellington – 11 & 12th March –    Earlybird Registration Now Open Got a great film idea but not sure where to start?  […]

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  • Beginners Guide to Screenwriting – Auckland

    Please include in your newsletter or web calendar. 2017 Dates Announced Auckland – 18 & 19th February – Earlybird Registration Now Open Christchurch – 4 & 5th March –    Earlybird Registration Now Open Wellington – 11 & 12th March –    Earlybird Registration Now Open Got a great film idea but not sure where to start?  […]

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  • Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards – Nominations Close

    The Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards recognise excellence and outstanding achievement by Pacific youth in New Zealand.  The awards are geared towards giving Pacific youth the opportunity to boost their future potential even higher. Nominations for the 2016 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards are open until 9am Monday 7th November. Early bird entries: Complete your application […]

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  • Poems in the Waiting Room 2017 Competition

    Poems in the Waiting Room is launching its 2017 Poetry Competition. As well as inviting you to participate we would appreciate if you could help spread the word. We would be grateful if you were able to display this poster within your community or share the web one with interested friends. The competition has three […]

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  • Fish Short Story Contest 2016 – Entries Close

    Fish Short Story Contest 2016 Judge: Neel Mukherjee Neel will select 10 stories to be published in the 2017 Fish Anthology. See previous anthologies. 1st Prize: €3,000 2nd Prize: a week in residence at Anam Cara Writers’ Retreat and €300 3rd Prize: €300 Closes: 30 Nov Word limit: 5,000 Results: 17 March 2017 Entry: €20. […]

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  • Poetry in the Garden 2016

    For the love of poetry… CASELBERG TRUST WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF THEIR GREAT GALA POETRY FUNDRAISING EVENT… The Caselberg Trust warmly invites you to the beautiful Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens Chalet for an afternoon of – 1. POETRY READINGS: The judge’s report by former Poetry Laureate Vincent O’Sullivan and prize-winning poems from the 2016 […]

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  • Aotearoa Short Film Lab 2017 – Applications Close

    Applications are now open for the 2017 Aotearoa Short Film Lab, a prestigious hothouse mentoring scheme for screenwriters and aspiring screenwriters to workshop new ideas for short films. Established in 2010 as a partnership between Show Me Shorts and Script to Screen, the Lab offers six local, and now for the first time this year two international, short filmmakers […]

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  • Nelson Launching of WEB OF GOLD

    BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON Dot Scott is very well known in the Top of the South branch as she was Chair between 2011 and 2012, and continues to be involved with the Marlborough Writers group in Blenheim. ‘Web of Gold’, her first novel, is set in Charleston on the West Coast in the 1860s at […]

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