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Sunday Star Times and Stuff.co.nz Short Story competition opens – deadline Nov 8
The much anticipated Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards are open for entry. A fixture on the writing scene since 1984, the awards have launched the…
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NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grant + Residency Now Open for Applications
NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grant + Residency Now Open for Applications Applications are now open for a $5000 research grant and residency for writers wishing to work on a…
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Wellingtonian wins inaugural Sargeson Prize short story competition – congrats to NZSA members Sam Keenan, Elizabeth Morton, Kathryn van Beek & Xiaole Zhan
Thursday 10 October 2019 Judge says short story…
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2020 Calibre Essay Prize open for entries
Click here to enter the 2020 Calibre Essay Prize Prize money: $7,500 Closing: 15 January 2020, 11:59 pm
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2020 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellowship
Randell Cottage Writers Trust Applications are now open for the 2020 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a stipend, currently…
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PEN AMERICA CAMPUS FREE SPEECH GUIDE
Campus free speech guide Issues Free speech has become a flashpoint for controversy on campuses across the U.S. This go-to resource…
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Writing for Justice Fellowships
PEN America’s Writing for Justice Fellowship commissions writers—emerging or established—to create written works of lasting merit that illuminate critical issues related to mass incarceration and catalyze public…
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Same Same but Different launch inaugural Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest
Welcome to the inaugural Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest.2/10/2019With the amazing support of Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust, Same Same but Different…
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Read NZ Te Pou Muramura launch new research on Reading in NZ in the Digital Age
New Zealanders spend half their waking lives online, are flicking between multiple texts at any given time, and are less likely to engage in long text, a new study…
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2019 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement: winners announced
[ An illustrated memoir for children, a novel which inspired a screen adaption starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, and translations of Romanian and Medieval Latin poetry are among the…
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NZSA Canterbury Branch Annual Heritage Book & Writing Awards 2019 – shortlists announced
Awards Ceremony October 24 Canterbury Branch Annual Heritage Book & Writing Awards 2019 The NZ Heritage Book Awards Ceremony will be…
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Congratulations to NZSA member Sue Wootton -announced as 2020 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow
The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship established in 1970 and is the only privately funded fellowship in New Zealand. The Katherine…
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