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• Submissions are open for the 2019 Ockham NZ Book Awards

  03-08-2018

  Adult books published between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018 will be considered for the 2019 awards. The judges will be named later this month. Click here for eligibility criteria and a Call for Entries information pack, then enter online here. For the full media announcement see here.

• CLNZ Writers’ Award 2018 – Close off 27/7!

  25-07-2018

  The $25,000 CLNZ Writers’ Award is one of the investments made through CLNZ’s Cultural Fund. The Writers’ Award is offered to writers of any genre of non-fiction, including writers of education material. The award enables successful applicants to devote time to a specific writing project. Submissions for entries close 4pm Friday 27 July 2018. The successful recipient will be contacted directly and officially announced at the New Zealand Society of Author’s National Writers Forum on 22 September 2018 in Auckland. More info here .

• Book Launch: ‘Edgeland and other poems’ by David Eggleton

  28-06-2018

  All welcome to the launch of David Eggleton’s new collection Edgeland and other poems (Otago UP) at 5.30 pm Wed 11 July, University Book Shop, 378 Great King St, Dunedin. Please RSVP to publicity@otago.ac.nz.

• Book Launch – Fiona Kidman’s ‘This Mortal Boy’

  19-06-2018

  Join authors Fiona Kidman & Redmer Yska in conversation at Unity Books Wellington, to mark the publication of Kidman’s new novel This Mortal Boy (Vintage). In-store at unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington, Monday 2nd July, 12-12:45pm. All welcome. For more details see the Facebook event.

• NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2018 – Applications Open

  19-06-2018

  This annual fellowship is awarded to a mid-career or senior writer and NZ Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) member to work on a project that shows a high level of literary merit and national significance. The 2018 fellowship is $10,000. Deadline for applications: 4pm Friday 17 August 2018. For further information contact
  Claire Hill 09 379 4801 office@nzauthors.org.nz . Further details here.

• 2018 Landfall Essay Competition Open

  07-06-2018

  Entries for the 2018 Landfall Essay competition are now open for essays up to 4000 words. The winner receives $3000 and a year’s subscription to Landfall. Closing date for receipt of entries is 31 July 2018. Find out full details, entry conditions and how to enter here

• 2018 Surrey Hotel/Braunias Memorial Residency – Applications Open!

  07-06-2018

  Applications are open fo NZ’s coolest writing residency, the Surrey Hotel Steve Braunias Memorial Writers Residency In Association With The Spinoff Award. The residency offers $500 cash, accommodation, free breakfast, wifi and pizza at the Surrey Hotel, Grey Lynn, Auckland. Applications close on June 21. Email brief outline of your project, with subject line  ‘The 2018 Surrey Hotel Steve Braunias Memorial Writers Residency In Association With The Spinoff Award’ to madeleine@thespinoff.co.nz. More info here.

• Book Launch: ‘Winter Eyes’ by Harry Ricketts

  24-05-2018

  ANZL member Harry Ricketts is launching his new collection ‘Winter Eyes’ 5.30pm for a 6pm start, Thurs 31st May at Vic Books, Kelburn, Wellington.  Readings from guest poets include Anna Jackson, James Brown, Hanna Mettner and Therese Lloyd. See here for the Facebook event.

• 2018 Ockham NZ Book Award Winners Announced

  16-05-2018

  Congratulations to ANZL fellow Elizabeth Smither whose collection Night Horse (Auckland UP) won the Ockham Book Award for Poetry, and member Pip Adam whose novel The New Animals (Victoria UP) won the 2018 $52,000 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize. The winners received their honours at the glittering Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony, which also marked the Awards’ 50th anniversary, held in Auckland’s Aotea Centre. For the full list of prize winners see here.

• 2018 Ockham Shortlist Announced

  06-03-2018

  The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist is out and another wonderful selection, including ANZL Fellow Elizabeth Smither (Night Horse, AUP) for poetry, and for fiction ANZL member Pip Adam (The New Animals, VUP). Congratulations! Read the full shortlist here.

• Poetry Reviewers Wanted: Booksellers NZ

  02-03-2018

  Booksellers NZ need poetry reviewers for their blog (see here). This is unpaid, but great for your poetry/writer CV. They’re happy just to have a one-off, or more long-term reviewers. Sound like you? Contact Sarah at info@booksellers.co.nz

• MKC | Shanghai Residency – Applications Open

  27-02-2018

  Applications for the eight week International Writers’ Residency in Shanghai are now open. This is a partnership between the New Zealand China Friendship Society, the Michael King Writers’ Centre and The Shanghai Writers’ Association. NZ applications close Friday 30th March 2018 at 5pm and should be emailed to the Michael King Writers’ Centre, manager@writerscentre.org.nz . For further details and application form see here.

• Entries Open for Sarah Broom Poetry Prize

  27-02-2018

  One of New Zealand’s most valuable poetry prizes, the Sarah Broom Prize  supports new work from an emerging or established New Zealand poet. In 2018, the prize is an award of $5,000. Poets are required to submit six to eight poems (at least five unpublished). The recipient of the prize will be announced in May 2018 during Auckland Writers Festival week. Entries open 19 February and close 11 March 2018. For entries/queries email poetryprize@sarahbroom.co.nz. For more information about the prize and Sarah Broom visit http://www.sarahbroom.co.nz

• Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement 2018 – call for nominations

  15-02-2018

  These prestigious annual awards recognise those writers who have made a notable contribution to New Zealand literature in non-fiction, poetry or fiction, with $60,000 for each genre. Nominations close 6 April, 5pm. To learn more about the awards, or to nominate a writer, follow this link.

• CNZ Berlin Residency Announced

  19-12-2017

  Congratulations to ANZL member Vivienne Plumb, recipient of the $40,000 biennial Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers Residency 2017/2018. Vivienne will use the eleven month residency to research and write a creative non-fiction work that explores the hidden past of her late mother, Isabel Hurley. For the full press release, see here.