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The 2026 NFFD Long Lists – Adult and Youth Comps
2026 NFFD Longlisted entries are posted here. Watch for the short list coming soon! The 2026 Micro Madness Long List Follow Micro Madness with a micro a day, beginning today, June 01, here. From June 01 to June 22 FFNZ will post a micro a day, leading up to the top stories and our celebration of National Flash […]
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PLR Survey Explainer – NLNZ Survey due June 4
If you are registered for PLR you recently received a survey about changes to the regulations that administer the PLR scheme. NZSA has been lobbying for change to the more outdated aspects of the PLR legislation for almost a decade, and it is fantastic to have some updates on the table this year. Digital Lending […]
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2026 Book Industry Awards Finalists
Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshops, publishers, audiobooks and booksellers’ picks: Aotearoa’s book industry celebrates NZ excellence 2026 Book Industry Awards Finalists announced for Bookshop of the Year, Publisher of the Year, the Booksellers Choice Award and Audiobook of the Year. Every book that finds its way into a reader’s hands is the result of countless […]
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Uzair Khan wins Landfall Tauraka Young Writers’ Essay Prize 2026
Tāmaki Makaurau resident Uzair Khan has been announced as the winner of this year’s Landfall Tauraka Young Writers’ Essay Prize. His winning essay, ‘The Bright Ones,’ explores what it means to be seventeen and ambitious in a country that treats ambition with gentle scepticism. Here, Khan tries to bridge the gap between wanting to leave […]
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Ōtepoti Dunedin Poetry Circle
Get together with fellow poetry lovers to sit and share poems and chat about them. You can bring a poem of your own or read a favourite from a journal or book (the library has an excellent selection of poetry books!). Facilitated by local poet Jackson. FREE Every Friday, starting 5 June 2026 | 5.15–7.15pm […]
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2026 Winners of the Adam NZ Play Award
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Adam NZ Play Award: ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD FOR BEST PLAY: passionfruits by Liam Hinton RUNNER-UP FOR BEST PLAY: Sundance by Alex MacDonald BEST PLAY BY A WOMAN, TRANS OR NON-BINARY PLAYWRIGHT: The Treehouse by Kerry Lane BEST PLAY BY A MĀORI PLAYWRIGHT: Haere by Tawhi Thomas We […]
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UPDATED SCAM ADVICE
The Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain publish new guidance to help authors protect themselves against scammers. An alarming increase in fraudulent activity targeting authors has led the Society of Authors (SoA) and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB) to join together to issue urgent new guidance outlining measures writers can take […]
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Ngā Kaituhi Māori – NZSA emerging-writer programme recipients 2026
May 19, 2026 Ngā Kaituhi Māori and The NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa have announced the recipients of the NZSA Ngā Kaituhi Māori Mentorship & Kupu Kaitiaki Programmes for 2026. We are pleased to congratulate the four emerging writers who have each been selected for the Mentorship Programme, with a six-month opportunity […]
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A NEW CHAPTER: AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL WAITUHI O TĀMAKI IS A RECORD BREAKER
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki 2026 (AWF26) has broken all ticket records, making it the biggest event ever in the Festival’s 27 year history. Booklovers streamed through the Aotea Centre and surrounding venues between 12 – 17 May. Ticket sales were over 15% up on 2025 with two more events still to come […]
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MAYDAY: Call for Submissions
An Aotearoa call to action The world is in trouble. A state of emergency. This is a call to action. A publication from ‘At The Bay’, submissions are open May 1 – May 31. They are seeking previously unpublished contemporary works with a submission period of one month beginning on May Day, May 1st. This […]
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‘Outrageously good’ debut takes top fiction honours at 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Poet, memoirist and scholar Ingrid Horrocks has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize at the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her fiction debut, All Her Lives, a story collection that follows nine different women across nine different life stages as they resist, nurture and transform. It is the first time in five […]
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Wellington Writers Walk – new sculpture in te reo Māori coming to Wellington waterfront
Wellington Writers Walk is excited to announce that a new sculpture with text in te reo Māori is to be installed on Wellington waterfront. The plan is to have the sculpture installed in time for Matariki 2026, and Wellington Writers Walk is running a Boosted Campaign to cover the final installation costs for this […]
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