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PANZ’s withdrawal from the 2027 Bologna Guest of Honour Programme
Earlier this month, the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) / Te Rau o Tākupu has announced its withdrawal from the prestigious Guest of Honour role at the 2027 Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy. Peter Dowling and Julia Marshall, co-leaders of PANZ’s Bologna Guest of Honour Steering Group, provide further insight into that decision with an article released […]
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Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust Residence winners
From a UNESCO City of Music to a UNESCO City of Literature, the 12 writers who will take up residence at an historic cottage in Dunedin between late 2025 and early 2026 have been confirmed. The Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust has been a haven for authors for decades, with the likes of Claire Mabey, […]
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Hamilton Book Month 2025 Programme Launch!
Most events are free and others are low cost. Several require registration via our website. Sign up for our six workshops! Do you have an idea for a feature article? Come and work with experienced journalist Venetia Sherson. Want to try your hand at fiction? Register to work with Ockham award-winner Damien Wilkins. Keen to […]
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Boosted X Moana Registrations
I am incredibly pleased to announce that Boosted X Moana, Aotearoa’s leading Pasifika arts crowdfunding initiative has officially opened registrations for it’s third funding cohort. Now in its fifth year, the programme supported by Creative New Zealand’s Pacific strategy team, has raised more than $1m with Pasifika creatives and continues to support creative projects through […]
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KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival
KUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival — one of Aotearoa’s first and only Māori writers festivals — returns to Rotorua this year with a bold new line-up, a dedicated day in te reo Māori, and a continued commitment to the future of Māori literature. Māori literature continues to thrive. At the prestigious 2025 Ockham […]
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Selina Tusitala Marsh appointed the inaugural Commonwealth Poet Laureate
For the first time in its 75-year history, the Commonwealth of Nations has a Poet Laureate. Award-winning Pacific writer Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh ONZM, FRSNZ has been appointed by the Director-General of the Commonwealth Foundation, Dr Anne T. Gallagher AO, to the brand-new, two-year post, placing creative expression at the heart of the Commonwealth’s work. […]
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Big Things little things: Poetry for Children Competition Details
In the lead-up to Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2025, the Poets XYZ are running a nationwide competition for adults who write poetry for children. Timeline: open now – closes midnight Friday 1st August 2025 Winning poems to be celebrated on Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, Friday 22nd August 2025 Theme: “BIG THINGS little things” […]
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RANZCOG Writing Competition for Senior Secondary School Students
Each year The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) invites senior secondary students residing in Aotearoa New Zealand or Australia to apply for the Liam and Frankie Davison Award for outstanding achievement in literary writing on Women’s Health. (RANZCOG aims to provide an inclusive and welcoming space to all who […]
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2025 Summer Open Reading Period
July 1 – August 31 (postmark or online submission-date) Throughout the months of July & August, Tupelo Press will hold open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages) and chapbook-length poetry collections (28-47 pages). Selected manuscripts will receive publication by Tupelo Press, a $1,000 advance, a book launch, and national distribution with energetic publicity and […]
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Ink of Ages Fiction Prize
Deadline: August 29, 2025 (All Day) The Ink of Ages Fiction Prize is an international short story contest organized by World History Encyclopedia and sponsored by Oxford University Press . If you write historical or mythology-inspired short fiction, you can enter your story. The contest is free to enter and accepts submissions in English from […]
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Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement
Do you have a favourite New Zealand writer you think should be honoured for their outstanding mahi? You have until Wednesday 2 July at 1.00pm to tell us about them. Help us celebrate and recognise the literary excellence and achievements of New Zealand writers by making a nomination fo the 2025 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. […]
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Splinter journal launches writer callout for First Nations issue
Australian literary journal Splinter is inviting First Nations writers from around Australia and the world to submit to its third issue. Splinter is seeking fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and experimental work from emerging and established writers for the issue, which will be published in November 2025 The issue – the journal’s third – will be an […]
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