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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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International Art and Design Publishing Prize
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA LAUNCHES AN INTERNATIONAL ART AND DESIGN PUBLISHING PRIZE A new international publishing prize has been developed by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, in a major new initiative for the gallery’s annual Melbourne Art Book Fair. The Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing is the first of […]
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Creative New Zealand – Arts Grant
Arts Grants help New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations to create and distribute their work. Decisions take 10 weeks and typically one in four applications get funded. Amount: $65,000 (in exceptional circumstances applicants can apply for more) Closing dates: 10 March 2017 Find out who got funded recently More
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Creative New Zealand – Quick Response Grant
Quick Response Grants help New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations to create and distribute their work. Decisions take five weeks and typically one in four or five applications gets funded. Online applications open six weeks before the closing date. Amount: Up to $7,500 Closing dates: 30 Jun 2017 3 Nov 2017 Find out who […]
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Creative New Zealand – Michael King Writer’s Fellowship
The Michael King Writer’s Fellowship is for established New Zealand writers from any literary genre, with a significant publication record, to work on a major project. It is offered every two years. Amount: Closing dates: Find out who got funded recently $100,000 over two years 10 Mar 2017 Artforms funded: LITERATURE. More
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Creative New Zealand – Berlin Writer’s Residency
The prestigious Berlin Writer’s Residency is offered biennially for an established New Zealand writer to work on an approved project in Berlin, Germany for up to eleven months. Amount: Closing dates: Find out who got funded recently $40,000 10 Mar 2017 Artforms funded: Literature More
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2017 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Mind Body Spirit Literature Awards
Entries for the 2017 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Mind Body Spirit Literature Awards open on January 15th. These prestigious awards offer a first prize of $10,000 in the Published Book Award, and a separate prize of the same value is for the year’s best Unpublished Manuscript Award. Entries in both categories close on March 31st 2017. […]
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Cloud Ink Anthology
Exciting new anthology from Cloud Ink Press We invite New Zealand writers (either living in New Zealand or overseas) to submit work for the Cloud Ink Anthology, to be published in print form in mid 2017. Closing date – 14th February. Entries can be prose, poetry, illustrated stories, flash fiction, or an extract from […]
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R.A.K. Mason Writing Fellowship
Applications Accepted January 1-31 For 2017 R.A.K. Mason Writing Fellowship 2017 R.A.K.Mason Writers’ Fellowship With thanks to a generous sponsor from the Wairarapa community, New Zealand Pacific Studio (NZPS) invites applications for a three week residency at its multi-cultural artists’ residency centre in Mount Bruce, northern Wairarapa. The purpose of this RAK Mason Fellowship is […]
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Ema Saiko Poetry Fellowship
New Zealand Pacific Studio invites applications for the three week 2017 Ema Saiko Poetry Fellowship. This opportunity is made possible with the generous sponsorship from individual members of the arts community. The purpose of this Ema Saiko Poetry Fellowship is to encourage the writing of poetry and, in turn, to honour the Japanese poet and […]
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PICTON POETS
This group meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month (not January) at 10.30 am at Picton Library. They share their own original poems in a friendly, constructive atmosphere. New members are welcome. Contact: Joyce Elwood-Smith, 027 226 1276
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