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The 2021 Speculate Prize
RMIT has launched an inaugural Speculate Fiction prize aimed at writers who explore the expansive possibilities of literature: those who imagine other worlds—other realities—that may even exist within our own. The 2021 Speculate Prize will be judged by Rose Michael (RMIT), Astrid Edwards (MWF), Nick Tapper (Giramondo Publishing) and critic Declan Fry. The winner will […]
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The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2022 – now open for submissions
The overall winner will receive £5,000, whilst the five regional winners will receive £2,500 each. All finalists will also receive a free membership from The London Library and have their piece published in Granta magazine. Read more about language, and other eligibility rules, here. Now into its second decade, the Prize has been career-changing for many writers: it showcases your work to a global […]
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Applications open – 2022 Residencies – Michael King Writers Centre
APPLICATION: Writers Residencies 2022 The Michael King Writers Centre is offering seventeen supported residencies in 2022, with financial support from Creative New Zealand. Recipients can look forward to peaceful accommodation, the use of a writing studio, a generous stipend and the opportunity to focus on a specific writing project. Applicants must be a New […]
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Online Storytimes Aotearoa during lockdown – GUIDELINES FOR LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS AND ECE’S
DEVELOPED BY THE COALITION FOR BOOKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PANZ, LIANZA, CLNZ AND NZSA Guidelines for libraries, schools and early childhood education centres Schools, libraries, and early childhood education centres are keen to ensure that New Zealand children are still able to enjoy all that a good book has to offer during these unsettling […]
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Nine to Noon Short Story Competition
UPDATE: Radio NZ will now be paying their normal broadcast fee to the 5 winners, following our advocacy for creative rights. creativerights.co.nz Welcome to the first ever Nine to Noon Short Story Competition, judged by acclaimed authors Tina Makereti and Harry Ricketts. Entries open August 30 and close on October 1, 2021. The top five […]
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2021 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry goes to Siobhan Harvey
JANET FRAME LITERARY TRUST Gift for Auckland Poet on Janet Frame’s Birthday The Janet Frame Literary Trust is delighted to announce the recipient of the 2021 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry. Auckland poet Siobhan Harvey will receive $5,000 from a fund set up by Janet Frame for the purpose of encouraging New […]
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Writer’s Dream Connects Literary Characters In New Book.
Why would Zaphod Beeblebrox blackmail Zorro? What motivates Eeyore to write a warning to Ebenezer Scrooge? This is the premise of ‘Dear 26’, a global writers’ collaboration launching at the Whanganui Literary Festival on September 29, 2021. Over a year in the planning, and managed through the pandemic, 26 writers in Aotearoa, the UK, Europe, […]
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New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2022 Writers in Residence Programme
The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to announce that next year’s programme of residencies at the historic Signalman’s House on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, is now open for applications. Writers awarded a residency can look forward to peaceful accommodation, the use of a writing studio, a supporting stipend and the opportunity to […]
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Word Christchurch Festival Announces New Dates
After being forced to postpone this week’s Festival, which featured 80+ events and 150 speakers, WORD Christchurch is pleased to announce that the event will go ahead at a later date: 10–13 November 2021 (that’s Show Weekend for Cantabrians). The festival will not run on Sunday 14 November due to a major event in the […]
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Announcing the 2022 Ockham NZ Book Awards Judges
Internationally acclaimed authors, long-time reviewers, award-winning photographers and a respected former publisher are among the 12 experts selected to judge the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. The $60,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction will be judged by Otago Daily Times journalist and books editor Rob Kidd; Booksellers Aotearoa’s programme coordinator and avid […]
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Verb Readers & Writers Festival events
Verb Readers & Writers Festival is due to take place between 3 – 7 November 2021. The events below are special, early release events that will happen throughout October in the lead up to the festival week. These events celebrate, in various ways, our theme of ‘coven’, which to them is about coming together to share stories, […]
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WAIKATO UNIVERSITY WRITER IN RESIDENCE 2022
An award has been set up to enable a New Zealand writer of fiction, poetry, drama, or serious non-fiction to become the University’s Writer in Residence in 2022. This award has been created to foster New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity for a writer to work in an academic environment. It is sponsored […]
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