• New fiction readers sought for Takahē

    Posted on 2 November 2022

      Takahē  are looking for some new fiction readers to join our team at takahē magazine. About takahē takahē is an Ōtautahi-based arts magazine featuring short fiction, poetry, art, essays, comics, and reviews. takahē has been in continuous publication since 1989 and currently publishes three issues per year: print issues in April and December (which […]

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  • Otago University Creative writing competition winners 2022

    Posted on 1 November 2022

    13 October 2022 A humorous take on the theme “Brave New World” has won Lennox Tait one of the top places in the University of Otago’s annual creative writing competition, Writer. Tait, a BCom/LLB finalist, won the student poetry category with his witty poem which flipped the theme and took the reader on a journey […]

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  • New Zealanders encouraged to give the gift of reading to children and young people in need this Christmas

    Posted on 1 November 2022

      Children’s book-gifting charity Kiwi Christmas Books is aiming to deliver a record number of books into the hands of under-privileged kids this Christmas – and they are calling on generous New Zealanders to help them do it. Members of the public can donate books through their local participating bookstore from November 1 or directly […]

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  • Storylines announces 2022 Notable Book award winners

    Posted on 1 November 2022

    Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa  1 November 2022  2022 Storylines Notable Book Awards announced The excellence of New Zealand publishing for children and young adults is reflected in the list of Storylines Notable Books in five genres announced today by the Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te […]

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  • Enter the Multiverse -Asian Arts practitioners report Oct 2022

    Posted on 31 October 2022

        Please read this Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi report on Asian Artists and practitioners in Aotearoa   Here: Enter-the-Multiverse-28-October-2022

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  • RNZ Short Story comp: 2022 winners announced

    Posted on 28 October 2022

    Short Story competition judges, writers Harry Ricketts and Rebecca Reilly, announced the five winners of the 2022 Nine to Noon Short Story competition. Over 550 stories were submitted to the competition. Harry Ricketts said it was “an impressive standard of stories in a wide range of settings”. Rebecca Reilly said there was a great breadth […]

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  • The Robert Burns Fellow 2023 is Kathryn van Beek

    Posted on 26 October 2022

      Congratulations to Kathryn Van Beek, NZSA Board member who has been announced as the Robbie Burns Fellow at Otago University for 2023.   The Dunedin-based multidisciplinary writer has published a collection of short stories, Pet, authored plays, written and illustrated children’s books, authored television and podcast series, and contributed to news media. During the […]

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  • Vale Norman Bilbrough

    Posted on 26 October 2022

    Norman Bilbrough has recently passed on after illness. Born in Feilding in 1941 and educated in Wellington, he worked as a teacher, literary assessor, reviewer and writer. Norman was a children’s writer, short story writer and novelist. The short story was his preferred writing form and he was two times winner of the Sunday Star-Times […]

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  • Creative NZ launches new Advocacy Guide

    Posted on 25 October 2022

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  • The Letter Review – submisions close Oct 31 for poetry, short story… & journal submissions

    Posted on 22 October 2022

    The Letter Review Prize for Short Stories Entries close 31st October 11:59 pm (ET) First place: $600 USD and publication. Second place: $250 USD and publication. Third place: $150 and publication. 20 stories longlisted. 10 shortlisted. All entries are considered for publication. For tales between 400 – 3000 words. Open to writers from anywhere in […]

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  • AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU – new initiative and publishing opportunity

    Posted on 21 October 2022

      AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Aotearoa Stories Nau mai haere mai Welcome to Aotearoa New Zealand’s short story organisation Te wāhi mō ngā paki, te tuhi momorua me whakamātau, te pakiwaitara tere me poto. A space for short stories, hybrid and experimental writing, flash and microfiction.Te whakanui i te matatau o te […]

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  • NZSA President Dr Vanda Symon and Witi Ihimaera – kōrero

    Posted on 21 October 2022

    OAR FM Dunedin – Community Access Media Listen here as NZSA President Vanda Symon talks with novelist, short story writer and anthologist Witi Ihimaera about the craft of writing. This is part 1 of a session from the recent New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa New Plymouth Roadshow. Thanks to NZSA Central Districts […]

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