SIX ARTISTS. ONE YEAR OF IMPACT.   Today, The Arts Foundation announced their 2024 Springboard Award recipients – six outstanding artists at a formative stage in their careers, checking in for a year of mentorship with some of our illustrious artist alumni! Together, they’ll explore the many possible pathways to life as a full-time practicing creative in Aotearoa New Zealand. Thanks to the generosity of some amazing New Zealanders, each artist will receive a $15,000 financial gift, and get to spend a year learning from their mentor (who also receives a $5000 koha) – this ca ..read more

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 midnigh ..read more

Nau mai haere mai e ngā kaituhi Māori! Te Kaituhi Māori is delighted to extend to you an invitation to join us for a three-day wānanga that celebrates and explores the richness of Māori literature, hosted by Te Kaituhi Māori, a new Māori-led kaupapa that is supported by the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc. As prominent voices in the literary landscape, your presence is invaluable as we come together to delve into the major themes, barriers, and celebrations for the modern Māori writer today. The event aims to invite Māori writers to share breath, a kawhe ..read more

NZSA member, Wes Lee, has been awarded the Free Verse Prize, by The Poetry Society in London. The £500 prize for a single poem was judged this year by Chrissy Williams. The prize was announced last night at the Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair in London. ‘The Poetry Society’s Free Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair celebrates the vitality of poetry in the UK – an unrivalled opportunity to browse the very best in contemporary poetry publishing and to meet publishers, organisations and poets. With over 70 independent poetry publishe ..read more

Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024 shortlist We are pleased to announce the four writers who have been shortlisted for an award that celebrates fresh writing with a ‘unique and original vision’ are: Abigail von Ahsen with Flawless, Jade Hallamore with Infused with Magic, Jacquiline Owens with Vividwater, and Tracy Farr with Wonderland. (l to r: Abigail van Ahsen, Jade Hallamore, Jacquiline Owens, Tracy Farr (photo by Ebony Lamb) There were 45 entries in total, with the shortlist judged by Cassie Hart and Anne Kennedy. Cassie Hart considered ‘There ..read more

The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa and Text Publishing are delighted to announce the longlist for the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2024. The longlisted writers are: Geoff Allen, Shriya Bhagwat, Jeffrey Buchanan, Tina Cartwright, Helen E Crampton, Amanda Hanan, Patrick Hunn, Hank Lloyd, Christopher Matson, JS Michaels, Kiri Rodwell, Meredyth Tamsyn, and Casey Taylor. This year’s longlist of 13 high-quality manuscripts were selected by New Zealand writers Michelle Elvy and Ruby Porter. They c ..read more

  World’s most global literature prize shortlists 23 writers from 13 countries 3 New Zealanders feature on a Pacific shortlist of four: 31-year-old Anna Woods from Auckland, 46-year-old Pip Robertson from Christ Church and 31-year-old M Donato a New Zealander of Filipino heritage, from Wellington Judges hail ‘a dream list’ which will leave readers ‘startled and shocked, heartbroken and humbled in equal measure’ Stories range from romances and speculative fiction, to family dramas and coming of age tales, and address a range of topics from motherhood and bereavement to mental illness and ..read more

 Byline: Paul Goldsmith is the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage I was initially resistant to the idea often suggested to me that the Government should deliver an arts strategy. The whole point of the arts and creativity is that people should do whatever the hell they want, unbound by the dictates of politicians in Wellington. Peter Jackson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Eleanor Catton and others who have made a global impact didn’t wait around for a glossy strategy; they just went for it. That said, we must recognise that government, on behalf of all New Zealanders, pulls many levers that can he ..read more

International Writers’ Workshop NZ Inc 12 April 2024 Anne Kennedy is the judge of The Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems 2024 with a first prize of $1000 for the winner. Anne is a Tāmaki Makaurau poet, novelist and teacher. Awards include the Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry, the NZ Post Book Award for Poetry and the Montana Book Award for Poetry. Recent books are The Sea Walks into a Wall, The Ice Shelf and, as editor, Remember Me: Poems to Learn by Heart from Aotearoa New Zealand. She is the current editor of AUP’s New Poets series. The Prize, which has been made possible by a b ..read more

10 April 2024   Books+Publishing Huia Publishers, based in Aotearoa New Zealand, is the 2024 Oceania winner of the Bologna Prize (BOP) for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year. The Māori-owned independent publisher has been operating since 1991, with a mission to ‘share stories that resonate with our people, that reflect our experiences and that value our culture and language’. The publisher was last shortlisted for the prize in 2022. New Zealand’s leading indigenous publishers have been recognised for their excellence on the world stage at this y ..read more