• NZSA Northland Short Story Awards

    Our short story competitions are now open for entries Adult section – $1000 FIRST PRIZE OPEN TO ALL WRITERS IN NEW ZEALAND Entry fee – $10 per story Young writers from Northland can enter our High school and Year 7&8 sections for free. All information, closing dates and entry forms available at https://northlandauthors.co.nz/competition-details-and…/ Thank you […]

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  • The Coalition for Books Winter Reading campaign is here!

    Kete and The Coalition for Books’ Winter Reading campaign has begun! The campaign brings together over 70 new books from Aotearoa published in the lead up to and over the winter months. Our Winter Reading 2025 catalogue features exciting new fiction, books for tamariki and rangatahi, a wide range of compelling nonfiction, and a selection […]

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  • Now Open! | Enter the $10,000 Peter Porter Poetry Prize

    NOW OPEN! Prize money: $10,000 Closing: 13 October 2025 Judges: Judith Bishop, Felicity Plunkett, and Anders Villani Celebrating twenty-two years of world poetry, Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2026 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected poetry awards. The prize – worth a total of AU$10,000 – is open […]

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  • 2025 Fale-Ship Residency Recipients

    We are thrilled to introduce our three artists for this year’s Fale-Ship Residency; Quishile Charan, Harry Freeth, and p.Walters, whose compelling research and practices stood out among a highly competitive pool of artists! Over the course of the residency, these artists will have the dedicated time and support to strengthen their research and making, culminating […]

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    Overseas Published Collections — Collection management project 2018–2025

    From the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa: We’ve made a decision about the items remaining from the Overseas Published Collection (OPC), part of the Library’s general collections. Following an analysis of the recently approved General Collections Removal Policy, we have decided to securely dispose of the remaining items, starting immediately. As […]

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  • Pip Adam receives the Michael King Writer’s Fellowship

    Creative New Zealand is pleased to announce Pip Adam as the recipient of the Michael King Writer’s Fellowship (the Fellowship). The $100,000 Fellowship is awarded every two years to an established New Zealand writer of literature to work on a major project.  Pip Adam is an award-winning novelist and short story writer. Her first book, […]

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  • Asian Artist Fund

    The Asian Artists’ Fund is currently open for applications with $650,000 to distribute to artists.  Applications close on Wednesday 16 July at 11.59pm.  This year the funding stream options include a suite of residencies, recognising the need for artists to have dedicated time and space to experiment, explore, and develop new work. The fund, a co-investment partnership […]

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  • The 2025 Commonwealth Short Story prize winner

    We are delighted to announce Chanel Sutherland as the overall winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.  Chanel, born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and living in Montreal, Canada, saw off 7,920 entrants worldwide to take the £5,000 prize. In her powerful winning story, ‘Descend’, enslaved Africans share their life stories as the […]

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  • The July Not Quite Write Prize is coming!

    In just 4 weeks, the prompts for the July Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction will drop, and trust us, they’re worth the wait. So, if you’ve been searching for an excuse to escape ‘the horrors’ and dive into writing, now’s your chance. Just ask our recent winner, Louise: ‘I never realised how much an author […]

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  • 2026 Scholastic Asian Book Award

    Application Closing Date: 31 Oct, 5:00pm (SGT)  Calling all children’s book writers! Submissions are now open for the Scholastic Asian Book Award (SABA). A joint initiative between SBC and Scholastic Asia, this award seeks to reward unpublished manuscripts by children’s authors of Asian origin that capture the unique spirit, experiences and ideas of Asia. The […]

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  • E Tū Toi Is Live!

    We’re thrilled to announce that project running through our pilot Māori match funding initiative E Tū Toi are officially live and funding! This year with the support of the Creative New Zealand Māori Strategy and Partnerships team, we’re proud to present our selected E Tū Toi kaupapa for this month! For the first time ever […]

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  • Nafanua Purcell Kersel named as 2025 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence

    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce the appointment of Nafanua Purcell Kersel as the Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence for 2025. Nafanua, a Sāmoan writer and performer, is based in Heretaunga, Te Mātau-a-Māui (Hawke’s Bay). She will use the residency to work on a stage adaptation […]

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