Te Tauihu Short Story Awards 2024
ENTRIES OPEN TO 31 MAY 2024
EQUAL PRIZES FOR ENGLISH AND MĀORI SECTIONS
$1,000 first place
$500 second place
$300 third place
Entry fee
- $20.00 per entry for 26 years and over and
- $10.00 per entry for 18-25 years.
- Written assessment is available for an additional $20 per entry.
Conditions
- Open to writers residing in Aotearoa New Zealand aged eighteen years and over.
- Limit 1500 words.
- Submissions may be written in English or te reo Māori.
- Submissions in short story form to fit in the Adult or Young Adult categories.
- Entries close midnight 31 May 2024.
- Click here for for full terms and conditions.
To Submit Your Entry
Click on the link below to complete the entry form for either language category. Towards the bottom of the form you will see instructions about how to then send us your story via email.
FINALIST JUDGES
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Paula Morris MNZM (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Manuhiri, Ngāti Whātua) is an award-winning novelist, short story writer and essayist. Director of the Master of Creative Writing at the University of Auckland, she is the founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature; Wharerangi, the Māori literature hub; and the online Aotearoa NZ Review of Books. She edited the 2023 anthology Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories. Click here to watch Paula’s Masterclass on what makes a good short story. |
Vaughan Rapatahana (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Te Whiti) is the author and editor/co-editor of more than 40 books. He is widely published across several genre in both te reo Māori and English and his work has been translated into seven other languages.
His latest poetry collection, te pāhikahikatanga/incommensurability published in 2023 by Flying Islands Books in Australia, is written exclusively in te reo Māori (with English language ‘translations’). |
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Of Māori (Ngāpuhi, Te Whakatōhea, Te Arawa) and Dutch descent, Jade is an architectural designer, writer and housing advocate. Her literary interests include decolonisation, contemporary theology and Māori futurism. Ko Jade Kake tōna ingoa. He uri ia o Ngāpuhi rātou ko Te Whakatōhea ko Te Arawa. Ki te taha o tōna pāpā, nō Hōrana rātou. He kaihoahoa, he kaituhituhi, he kaihāpai ia. Ko āna aronga nui i te mahi tuhinga, ko te whakahokinga mai o te whenua, te whakaū anō o te rangatiratanga o ngā hapū katoa, ngā wairuatanga hou, me te tirohanga anamata a te Māori. |
Sylvan has an MA in Creative Writing from Victoria University and an MFA from the University of Michigan where he has taught creative writing. His fiction and essays have been published in New Zealand and the USA. Awarded the Todd New Writer’s Bursary in 2020, Sylvan is currently working on his first novel.
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Iona (Waitaha/Kai Tahu) is a poet, essayist, storyteller and editor. Winner of the the 2022 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award to complete A Counter of Moons, a creative non-fiction book addressing the complexities of suicide bereavement, she founded Elixir & Star Press in 2023 as a dedicated space for the expression of grief in New Zealand. Her latest collection In the shape of his hand lay a river was published in March 2024. Skilled at voicing difficult topics, Iona creates work that spans genre and form.
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