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Copyright Licensing Awards: Jade Kake wins $25,000 Writers' Award and four research grants announced …
1 September 2021. Jade Kake wins $25,000 Writers’ Award for her project on the legacy of Professor Rewi Thompson (1953-2017; Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa)
Copyright Licensing NZ Contestable Fund Grants - $75,000 available
1 September 2021. CLNZ Cultural Fund Contestable Grants applications open 8 September
2022 Michael King Writers in Residence applications open
27 August 2021. Michael King Writers Centre 2022 Residencies - applications open
Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson, Jack Remiel Cottrell
10 August 2021: New book announcement Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson by Jack Remiel Cottrell - contact Josie Shapiro re interviews, reviews, photos, etc.
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards: 2022 entries now open
4 August 2021. The New Zealand Book Awards Trust is now inviting submissions for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Mātātuhi Foundation supports four “big idea” literary initiatives
13 July 2021. Mātātuhi Foundation supports four “big idea” literary initiatives
Visual masterpieces and record entries for the 2021PANZ Book Design Awards
13 July 2021. A stunning line up of finalists announced for the 2021 PANZ Book Design Awards.
Oratia Media wins BOP Bologna Prize as Best Children’s Publisher of the Year 2021
Independent Kiwi publisher garners international award at the world’s largest children’s book fair
$25,000 Non-Fiction Award - Applications Open
$25,000 Writers’ Award - Applications are open now for the Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Writers' Award
Call for nominations for the 2021 Prime Ministers Awards for Literary Achievement
Nominate a New Zealand author for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement - deadline 12 July 2021
Call for judges of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Want your chance to be the judge? The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are calling for judges for 2022.
New trust hopes to save Margaret Mahy’s home for future generations
Margaret Mahy’s house is for sale: a new trust hopes to save it for future generations
Lee Murray wins two prestigious Bram Stoker Awards®
Lee Murray wins two prestigious Bram Stoker Awards® at an event hosted by the Horror Writers Association
Henrietta Finney Waters has been named the winner of the 2021 Charles Brasch Young Writers Essay Competition
Essay on climate response wins young writers essay competition
Lizzie Harwood is the inaugural winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize celebrates the life and work of the writer Laura Solomon