• “I Matter” Poetry Contest

    Posted on 1 February 2022

    Would you like to win $US500 and become a published poet? We are pleased to announce the 2022 “I Matter” poetry and art competition on why Black Lives Matter. Students from all over the world are invited to submit poetry and art on the theme of social justice. Ten finalists will win $US100 and the […]

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  • Hachette Aotearoa NZ appoints Kate Stephenson to newly created Senior Publisher role

    Posted on 1 February 2022

    Mel Winder, Managing Director, is delighted to announce that Hachette Aotearoa NZ has appointed Kate Stephenson, previously Fiction Publisher at Wildfire/Headline Publishing Group (part of Hachette UK), to the newly created role of Senior Publisher. Kate began her publishing career in 2009 in New Zealand at Steele Roberts after completing the Whitireia Diploma of Publishing, […]

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  • MANAGER – The Coalition for Books

    Posted on 27 January 2022

    The Coalition for Books is a dynamic leadership organisation, charged with rolling out strategic, collaborative initiatives designed to engage more audiences with a diverse range of New Zealand books and authors. Established only two years ago, the sector-led Coalition now boasts over 40 organisations as members, is an active sector advocate, and has delivered myriad […]

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  • University of Waikato announces Diana Clarke as 2022 Writer in Residence

    Posted on 27 January 2022

    A novel exploring the cult-like logic of internet communities alongside organised religious groups such as Gloriavale and Scientology will be the focus of University of Waikato’s new Writer In Residence, Diana Clarke. Clarke, who has been completing her PhD in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Utah, has returned home to New Zealand […]

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  • James Russell introduces Philip Temple in our Summer Encore Podcast Series

    Posted on 27 January 2022

    In the New Zealand Society of Authors Summer Encore Series, well known NZSA authors introduce you to some of their favourite episodes from the NZSA podcast. In our second to last episode, James Russell, author of the Dragon Brothers trilogy and Dragon Defenders series, introduces you to his favourite episode: Philip Temple’s oral history conversation […]

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  • Longlists for New Zealand’s premier literary awards revealed

    Posted on 27 January 2022

    Books exploring politics, fashion, social change, war, contested histories and family relationships sit alongside works celebrating our natural world and the enduring legacies of our activists and artists in the longlists for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Forty poetry, prose and non-fiction titles make up the longlists announced today. Selected from an impressive […]

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  • Call for Entries! $10,000 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing

    Posted on 25 January 2022

    The Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing is an annual $10,000 prize awarded to an outstanding unpublished manuscript. Since its inception in 2008, the Text Prize has become one of the most renowned prizes for young adult and children’s writing in Australia and New Zealand. Eligible writers can also enter the Steph Bowe […]

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  • International Call for Poetry!

    Posted on 18 January 2022

    Madness: An Anthology of World Poetry World Poetry Movement – Nepal, in collaboration with RedPanda Books, a publication partner in Kathmandu, is soliciting poems from poets around the world on the theme of MADNESS for a global poetry anthology. It is our pleasure that Society of Nepali Writers in English, Foundation of SAARC Writers and […]

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  • Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition opens

    Posted on 14 January 2022

    In 2017 Landfall celebrated its 70th birthday. To mark the occasion, University of Otago launched the Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition, an annual award open to writers aged 16 to 21. Essays should not exceed 1500 words. The competition is judged by the editor of Landfall. The winner will be announced and published in each […]

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  • Writing sample and synopsis assessments – subsidised for NZSA members – assessments available

    Posted on 14 January 2022

    NZSA members -assessments still available

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  • Mountain Book Competition 2022

    Posted on 13 January 2022

    We love sharing tales of epic, and often hair-raising adventures set in some of the world’s most remote, often beautiful, sometimes hostile, environments. Celebrating our 20th anniversary this year, the NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival is scheduled to run in Wānaka from 24 to 29 June, in Queenstown June 30 to July 2, and […]

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  • First Pages Prize 2022

    Posted on 13 January 2022

    The 2022 First Pages Prize support the emerging writers with cash awards, a tailored edit and an agent consultation. Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the First Pages Prize invites you to enter your first five pages (1250 words) of longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. Enter MARCH 1 – APRIL 10, 2022 Extended deadline […]

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