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NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2020 - apply between 7 August and 31 October 2020

NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2020 Award of $3,000 available to writers over the age of 35yrs The Lilian Ida Smith Award is offered by the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN Inc (NZSA) thanks to a bequest from Lilian Ida Smith, a music teacher of Whanganui...
Explore NZSA's Podcast Library

Have you listened to any of NZSA’s two podcast series? The NZSA Oral History Podcast Series is hosted by our own Karyn Hay, Kiwi broadcaster, NZSA member and author, and takes audio from our author oral history archives. Authors relate their stories of involvement with NZSA, chat about other writers...
Writing as Manaakitanga - WebWorkshop - with Whiti Hereaka

10am to 12pm, Wednesday, 16 September. Story exists in the space between the teller and the audience. Learn how to create space in your writing that is both welcoming and challenging to your reader. Whiti Hereaka is an award-winning novelist and playwright of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa and Pākehā descent, based...
NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2020

$10,000 Opportunity for Writers. Calling for applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project. This annual Fellowship is awarded each year to a mid-career or senior writer to work on a project that shows a high level...
The short story: character, setting, voice - WebWorkshop – with Catherine Chidgey

10am to 12.30pm, Wednesday, 2 September. This workshop guides you through a range of bespoke writing exercises in order to generate the raw material for a short story. First you will identify a character and begin to flesh them out through consideration of a central desire as well as a...
2021 Gifkins Prize Open for Entries

TEXT PUBLISHING AND THE NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF AUTHORS TE PUNI KAITUHI O AOTEAROA (PEN NZ) INC ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2021 MICHAEL GIFKINS PRIZE FOR AN UNPUBLISHED NOVEL ARE NOW OPEN. The prize, which celebrates the life and work of the writer and agent Michael...
Writing sample and synopsis assessments - subsidised for NZSA members

StartWrite Writing Sample and Synopsis Assessment Service - for writers who want to get an appraisal for part of their work. Writers can send in a piece of writing, up to 6,000 words (for poetry up to 24 pages), and a one page synopsis. Comic / Graphic novelists need...
National Poetry Day 2020 – Poem and Lyric Competition kaipara

National Poetry Day Competitions | 21 August 2020 | National Poetry Day 2020 – Poem and Lyric Competition THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE KAIPARA The Kauri Museum runs the Poem and Lyric Competition for National Poetry Day in two phases. The Adult competition (over 18) and the student competition. The theme...
NZSA Auckland Branch Welcomes Author C K Stead in August

What insights for the future can we gain by looking back? How has the perception and role of the writer in society changed over the last 50 years? NZSA Auckland is pleased to host C.K. Stead this August and discuss with him his new memoir, You Have a Lot...

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Monthly Events August

12 Aug, 20

Public Events, Auckland

Inside Out Open Mic for Writers

OC Hypatia, G01/246 Khyber Pass Rd, Newmarket
16 Aug, 20

Public Events, Opportunities

NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2020
18 Aug, 20

Public Events, Top of the South

Marlborough Writers monthly meeting

36 Scott St, Blenheim, 7201, New Zealand
18 Aug, 20

Top of the South, Workshop

INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING, WITH HELLA BAUER
24 Aug, 20

Public Events, Auckland, Workshop

WORDSMITH: Memoir, Fiction & Auto Fiction (fictionalised autobiography/memoir)
25 Aug, 20

Top of the South, Workshop

INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING, WITH HELLA BAUER
25 Aug, 20

Public Events, Top of the South

PICTON POETS

67 High St, Picton 7220, New Zealand
27 Aug, 20

Public Events, Workshop

Poetry Masterclass – WebWorkshop – with Siobhan Harvey
31 Aug, 20

Opportunities

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award – deadline 2020
31 Aug, 20

Opportunities

Takahē Poetry Monica Taylor Competition 2020

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