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Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2026 programme
Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts proudly partners with Verb Wellington for a vibrant weekend Writers programme. Thios year marks 40 years of the festival and we acknowledge all the briliant literary artists who have graced our stages and the wonderful community of readers and writers who have welcoed them. In that spirit, we’re […]
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NZSA Statement to members: PLR problems
It was brought to my attention this week that problems have occurred with the 2025 Public Lending Right (PLR) funding round. An administrative error within National Library of NZ (NLNZ), who administer the scheme, meant that 318 authors incorrectly received emails mid-year stating that they were eligible for a PLR payout in 2025. This […]
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NZSA National Board seeks Youth representative
We seek a new NZSA National Board Youth representative. Next Page Aotearoa, started as Pens and PJ’s, and has its own developing programme of professional development and events. Next Page Aotearoa – NZSA Youth Branch This is an opportunity to learn about governance. We thank Jessica Thomas for all her work on the board this last year. […]
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NZSA seeks a Delegate to represent Northern Districts: Northland, Auckland, Waikato / Bay of Plenty
Your current national board delegate and NZSA Vice-President Melinda Syzmanik is standing down this year. We need a new delegate for Northern Districts. We thank Melinda sincerely for her significant contribution and efforts to grow and develop our organisation and support the northern regional branches. Nominations for the Northern Districts regional delegate for the National Board are […]
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Folly 004 is now open for submissions.
Our award winning international indie journal remains a once a year literary feast. “A curation of decadence and intelligent writing with – as Henry Miller may say – a side of literary fuck fest.” Folly’s editor @emily_broadmore says she’s “particularly after social commentary, personal essays and journalistic style works this year. Alongside the usual memoiresque […]
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 Longlist Announcement
5.00AM, THURSDAY 29 JANUARY 2026 Authors’ creativity, intellect and determination recognised Authors who are unafraid to tackle the pressing moments of our past, present and future dominate the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlist announced today. Among the 44 powerful, page-turning books are jaw-dropping true stories, fascinating histories, best-selling novels and incisive poetry […]
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Caselberg Trust Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Resident 2026
The Caselberg Trust announces that the recipient of its Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency in 2026 will be poet Sofia Drew from Tāmaki Makaurau. Sofia is currently studying English literature and philosophy in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, and has had her writing published in Starling, Symposia, Salient and A Fine Line. The residency is named after well-known and much-loved Dunedin writer Elizabeth […]
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Headland Submissions for Issue 25 Now Open
Guidelines Headland welcomes unsolicited submissions, but we do ask you to read these guidelines thoroughly to ensure that you do not spend your energy on preparing a submission that we will be unable to accept. Submissions for Issue 25 are now open until 30 January 2026. We accept short fiction and creative nonfiction only (up to 5,000 […]
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Enter The Griffith Review Emerging Voices Competition 2026
Have a bold story or fresh idea you’re ready to share? The Griffith Review Emerging Voices Competition is your opportunity to bring bold, original fiction or creative non-fiction work to one of Australia’s most respected literary platforms. Here’s the competition information from the Griffith Review website: Griffith Review is looking for submissions of fiction and […]
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Artist in Residence 2026
Apply for the 2026 Artist in Residence The residency is an opportunity to live and make art in an Auckland regional park for eight weeks during October and November 2026. Open to all artists and creatives, working in any art form. Seeking innovative, site-specific proposals from nature-needing artists. Applications for the 2026 residency close on […]
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National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for 2025 Book Awards
Among the most prestigious honors in American letters, the NBCC Awards are the only prizes bestowed by a jury of working critics and book review editors. The National Book Critics Circle on January 20 announced the finalists in six categories for its annual awards for the 2025 publishing year. In a release, the organization of […]
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RAWA Fellowships 2026
RAWA (Readers and Writers Akaroa) delivers a small, friendly literary festival with a big heart. RAWA attracts a high calibre of presenters from across Aotearoa. Our next festival will be held in Akaroa on the weekend of 6-8 March 2026. You can find our full programme here: www.rawafestival.com/2026-programme For RAWA festival 2026, we are delighted […]
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