• Congratulations to NZSA member Charlotte Grimshaw – Voyager media awards Reviewer of the Year 2021

    Posted on 5 June 2021

    By Steve Braunias Steve Braunias edits Newsroom’s books section, READINGROOM Charlotte, critically Charlotte Grimshaw is crowned best reviewer – yet again Novelist and memoirist Charlotte Grimshaw won the reviewer of the year award at the Voyager Media Awards on Friday night for the third time. Her portfolio – two reviews in ReadingRoom, two in the […]

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  • Speculative Publishing for New Zealand Authors – virtual conference June 26 & 27

    Posted on 5 June 2021

    Te Kōrero Ahi Kā Links for NZ Writers Virtual Professional Development Workshops/ Speculative Publishing for New Zealand Authors Register Here Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 June 2021 This virtual two-day event will provide networking and professional development opportunities around publishing for members of SpecFicNZ. The event aims to increase the visibility of New Zealand’s speculative […]

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  • The UK’s International Booker Prize announced: David Diop and Anna Moschovakis

    Posted on 3 June 2021

    Talking of ‘At Night All Blood Is Black’ as both ‘frightening’ and ‘powerful,’ the International Booker jury announces its 2021 selection.   By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘You Feel You’re Being Hypnotized’ What jury chair lucy Hughes-Hallett today (June 2) has called “an appalling book” and also a book of “incantatory language,” At Night All Blood […]

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  • Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2021: nominations open

    Posted on 2 June 2021

    31 May 2021 Nominations are now open for the annual Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. These prestigious awards recognise New Zealand writers who have made a notable contribution to New Zealand literature in the genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.   One award of $60,000 is made each year in each of these three categories: Fiction […]

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  • Landfall essay competition open for entries

    Posted on 2 June 2021

    Otago Uni Press launches Landfall essay competition 2021 Home Landfall Awards and competitions About the competition In 1997 Landfall celebrated its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, then editor Chris Price launched the Landfall Essay Competition, sponsored by Otago University Press. From 2009, the competition has been an annual award. The purpose of the competition remains as […]

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  • Reflex Press – submissions open for Flash Fiction

    Posted on 2 June 2021

    Autumn 2021 – Open for Entries Prizes: £1,200 first, £600 second, £300 third, £150 fourth (approx. $1,700, $850, $425, $215) Deadline: 31 August 2021 Entry fee: Choose your own! Judge: Emma Neale   Entry Form   Please use the entry form below for your flash fiction submissions. Please read the Rules before submi tting your entry. If you […]

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  • Call for judges of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

    Posted on 2 June 2021

    The organisers of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are calling for expressions of interest from readers with a deep knowledge of New Zealand literature who would like to be considered as judges of the 2022 awards.   Applications are invited from members of the public with relevant experience, and from the literature community. Suitable […]

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  • ASIAN INK SUBMISSIONS OPEN

    Posted on 1 June 2021

      Playmarket’s  Asian Ink development programme is looking for Aotearoa Asian writers with the best new and original work.   The programme offers playwrights a development workshop with a professional script advisor and actors dedicated to helping you develop your play. Plays selected for Asian Ink development include Pork and Poll Taxes by Talia Pua, Not […]

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  • PLAYWRIGHTS b4 25 WINNERS

    Posted on 1 June 2021

       Playmarket announces the winners of the 2021 Playwrights b4 25 Competition WINNER – Lip Sync, Kanikanki, Twerk Off! by Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana HIGHLY COMMENDED – Henchmen by Amy Wright and She Thinks Evil by Courtney Bassett “Auckland Live has awarded $1,500 to the winner of Playwrights b425 for the last four years and is delighted to do so […]

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  • NZSA member Lee Murray wins two Bram Stoker awards!

    Posted on 1 June 2021

    LEE MURRAY WINS TWO PRESTIGIOUS BRAM STOKER AWARDS® BY THE HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION May 25, 2021 Tauranga-based writer Lee Murray was named the winner in two categories of the international Bram Stoker Awards®, created by the premier organisation of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy – The Horror Writers Association. Due to travel restrictions, this […]

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  • Caselberg International Poetry Prize – opens June 1

    Posted on 1 June 2021

    The Caselberg Trust is calling for entries for the 2021 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition. Now in its 10th year, the Trust is delighted to announce that Dunedin’s finest book shop – the University Book Shop is supporting the poetry prize again this year, and will also host our awards night to coincide with the […]

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  • The NZSA New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards 2021 – open with deadline of 1 Aug 2021

    Posted on 1 June 2021

    NZSA Canterbury announces the 2021 NZSA New Zealand Heritage Book Awards will open for entries on the 1st June 2021.  In its eighth year, this event is now firmly established on the New Zealand Literary calendar.  Past winners have included Fiona Farrell, Witi Ihimaera, Whiti Hereaka and Brian Turner – last year’s major winners were […]

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