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Call out for Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities
IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) is calling for nomination of titles for their 2023 Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. We want to identify well-written and illustrated books, published in 2018 or later, for and about young people with different abilities, presented with dignity, emphasising the person rather than the disability […]
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Antipodes journal open to creative writing submissions
The American Association of Australasian Literary Studies (AAALS), together with the American Australian Association, welcomes submissions to our second annual creative writing competition. Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australia and New Zealand Literature, and the official journal of the AAALS, is accepting submissions of scholarly articles, fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. The journal is published […]
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Author Caroline Barron signs with Australian publisher for debut novel
High Spot Literary is delighted to announce that World Rights to Auckland-based author and NZSA member Caroline Barron’s first novel have been acquired by Affirm Press in Melbourne, Australia.Set in the mid-nineties, GOLDEN DAYS is the story of the intense friendship between bookish Becky and sparkling Zoe—music, clubs, art collaboration, spirituality, sex—and what happens when […]
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Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme opens
Te Pou’s 2022 Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme is open for submissions. Four Māori playwrights will be invited to take part in a three-month play development programme. They will bring their ideas to life in a 12-week writing programme, including regular script mentor sessions, a one-week intensive script workshop followed by a reading and a writers […]
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Te Tauihu Short Story Awards open for entries
The New Zealand Society of Authors Top of the South Branch, in association with Wakatū Incorporation, announces the inaugural Te Tauihu Short Story Awards. This unique award offers equal prizes for the country’s two official written languages, English and Māori. E tono ana Ngā Tohu Kōrero Poto o Te Tauihu i ngā whakaurunga kua tuhia […]
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NZ Author – Autumn 2022
NZ Author – Autumn 2022 – Issue 328 is out! This edition contains references to our new NZSA Writer Toolkit. “If this sounds like a promotional plug, damn right it is. As Omicron starts filtering into our community, I’m even more aware of the importance of such initiatives. The first lockdown taught arts organisations a […]
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National Flash Fiction Day competition is open!
June 22 is our shortest day of the year — and the day we know and love as National Flash Fiction Day! So send in your best 300 words – deadline is 15 April, 2022. The judges for the 2022 National Flash Fiction Day competition are the acclaimed Anne Kennedy and Kiri Piahana-Wong. The youth competition […]
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PEN International WWC meeting online – Our Writing, Our Resistance
WWC Annual Meeting Online Our Writing, Our Resistance 7 and 8 March 2022 (13:00 – 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time) The first PEN International WWC meeting for 2022 is due to be hosted in a couple of weeks. The meeting will be spread over two days, and over that time the regular business of the WWC […]
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He whakangungu tuhi pukapuka pikitia
Know an emerging Māori writer with a passion for writing children’s stories? We, the Māori Literature Trust/Te Waka Taki Kōrero, are hosting a workshop on writing Māori language picture books. So join us, and/or share this opportunity with people you know. Ka toro atu ki te ao pukapuka, mai i te kākano o te whakaaro […]
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Call to action for RNZ & TVNZ – BPM
Cabinet will soon decide on the Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) merger proposal. It could be one of the most important decisions ever made about public media in New Zealand.We (at Better Public Media – BPM) don’t know yet what the proposal is, but we do know that the way it […]
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Call for writers to engage with fashion history, mystery and a little dash of trickery
Broadgreen Historic House, which houses a significant textile and period costume collection, is calling for entries to the Secret Lives Short Story Competition. Every dress has a story, and we want to read yours! Write the story of one, or both, of these dresses. Who made them? Who wore them? Where were they worn? Who […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2022 Shortlist Announced
The NZ Booklovers Awards 2022 shortlist, announced today, features a mixture of well-known authors and new writers. Books by Stephanie Johnson, Clarke Gayford, Eleanor Ozich, Nicola McCloy, Gavin Bishop, Stacey Morrison and Melinda Szymanik are among the diverse range of titles nominated for the NZ Booklovers Awards, along with exciting new writers and outstanding debut […]
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