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Global celebration of Katherine Mansfield’s creative legacy to take place in 2023
14 October 2022 In 2023 internationally renowned modernist writer Katherine Mansfield will be celebrated throughout Aotearoa and the world. Mansfield was born in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington on 14 October 1888 and died in Fontainebleau, France, on 9 January 1923. Alongside other 20th century literary giants James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence, Katherine defined modernism by […]
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Aotearoa’s richest short story prize – the Sargeson Prize awarded to NZSA member Leeanne O’Brien
WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER The art of the Kiwi short story is alive and well if entries to this year’s Sargeson Prize are anything to go by. Judge Dame Fiona Kidman says she was overwhelmed by the number and quality of submissions which saw 960 entries in the Open Division and 165 entries in the […]
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Cloud Ink accepting fiction manuscripts
Submit your manuscript for publishing. Cloud Ink will be accepting submissions for novels until 10 December 2022. Cloud Ink is now open to considering manuscripts of adult or young adult fiction from New Zealand writers who are citizens or permanent residents. We are looking to publishing novels which have a New Zealand flavour but will […]
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United Kingdom: Joint letter calling on Home Secretary not to extradite Julian Assange to the US
PEN International joins Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 14 organisations – including English PEN, PEN Suisse Romand, PEN Sydney, Scottish PEN, Slovene PEN and Swedish PEN – in urging the new UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, to intervene in the US government’s request to extradite Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. These groups, representing press freedom, free […]
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PEN International congratulates French author Annie Ernaux on winning this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature
06 October The 82-year-old writer from Normandy was awarded the prize for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory. Her autobiographical novels, including Cleaned Out and A Frozen Woman, explore notions of sexuality, social inequality, and class. While her non-fiction texts including A Man’s Place and Shame explore the depths of […]
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The Nine Dots Prize – open for entries – Think big, solve problems, through writing.
The Nine Dots Prize is an international writing prize for creative thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues. The aim of the prize is to promote, encourage and engage innovative thinking to address problems facing the modern world. It is judged anonymously and seeks submissions from both established writers and emerging talent. This year’s question […]
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INVITATION: Canadian Creative industries Virtual Pre-Mission to Australia and New Zealand
The Government of Canada is pleased to invite participants to the upcoming Canadian Creative Industries Virtual Pre-Mission to Australia and New Zealand. This virtual event is organized by the Department of Canadian Heritage, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, and is scheduled to take place on October 26-28, 2022. Canadian creative industries virtual pre-mission program […]
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Announcing the shortlist for the NZSA Heritage Book Awards 2022
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) and the Canterbury branch of NZSA are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2022 NZSA Heritage Book Awards! With many thanks to our judges, here are the shortlisted books for the 2022 NZSA Heritage Book Awards: Non-fiction Books: judged by […]
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NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023 – open for applications
Award for fresh writing with a ‘unique and original vision’ The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize celebrates the life and work of the writer Laura Solomon. As set by Laura, the main criteria for the exciting prize is for new writing with a ‘unique and original vision’. Published and unpublished writers are invited to […]
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MLT announces the Keri Hulme Award
October 5, 2022 Keri Hulme (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe) was the first New Zealander to win the prestigious Booker Prize in 1985. She was also the first writer to win the Booker Prize with a debut novel. In August 2022, the original manuscript of the bone people was sold at auction and the proceeds of the sale have […]
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Advocacy guide a tool for long-term change
04 Oct 2022 Creative New Zealand and Te Rōpū Mana Toi are launching a new advocacy guide, ‘Changing the story on arts, culture and creativity in Aotearoa’, on October 25 – and we’d love you to join us. As the sector continues to navigate significant challenges, the narrative guide is designed to support a collective approach […]
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