News

• UK Bridport Prize competition winners announced

  13-11-2018

  Congratulations to ANZL members Emma Neale  and Catherine Chidgey who have both received Highly Commended placings in the 2018 UK Bridport Prize competition, Neale in the flash fiction category for her story ‘Courtship’ and Chidgey in the short fiction category for ‘Black Boys’. The Bridport Prize is one of the most prestigious open writing competitions in the English language with categories in poetry, short stories, flash fiction and the Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel. The competition for 2019 will be launched on 15 November with a closing date of 31 May 2019. Entries can be made by post or online. Follow these links for the full list of 2018 place winners or for information on how to enter.

• 2018 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement: winners announced

  08-10-2018

  Feminist and working-class stories, poetry as song, and a deeper understanding of New Zealand art – these are just some of the frontiers explored by this year’s winners of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. The 2018 awards include two ANZL members: poet Wystan Curnow and admired poet, publisher and librettist Michael Harlow. Beloved Māori dramatist and fiction writer Renée, revered critic and curator, completes the winning selection. Each will be awarded $60,000 in recognition of their outstanding contribution to New Zealand literature. Renée will be honoured for fiction, Wystan Curnow for non-fiction, and Michael Harlow for poetry. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at Premier House in Wellington on Monday 15 October. A full list of previous recipients can be found on the Creative New Zealand website. The recipients of the 2018 Prime Ministers Awards for Literary Achievement will read and discuss their work with Radio New Zealand journalist and Nine to Noon host Kathryn Ryan at a free event at Unity Books, 57 Willis Street, Wellington on Tuesday 16 October, 12-12.45pm. All welcome.

• The Victoria University of Wellington / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence – applications close soon

  23-09-2018

  The Victoria University of Wellington / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence fosters NZ writing by providing the appointee with the opportunity to write full-time within an academic environment for the period of tenure. Applications are invited from writers in all areas of literary activity, who are authors of proven merit normally resident in New Zealand or New Zealanders currently resident overseas. Applications for 2019 are now open, with deadline 30 September 2018. A full role description and application is available on the Current Vacancies page of Victoria’s website. Enquiries can also be directed to modernletters@vuw.ac.nz.

• Katherine Mansfield Menton 2019 Fellowship Now Open

  19-08-2018

  This prestigious residency, open to established New Zealand creative writers across all genres, provides a substantial $35,000 travel/living allowance and a work space for three months in Menton, France. Applications close 11pm Monday 24 September 2018. For application form and details see here.

• Michael King Residency Applications Open

  14-08-2018

  Applications for the MKWC 2019 Residency Programme have opened for emergent and established writers. Fifteen residencies for periods of two to five weeks each are on offer. Four of the residencies are specifically for Maori or Pasifika writers. New to the programme is a change to the University of Auckland Residency, now split into four time slots across the year to attract a wider range of established writers. Applications close 3rd September 2019. For forms and criteria see here

• 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.