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The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) represents Aotearoa New Zealand writers. Protecting basic rights to freedom of expression, working to improve income and conditions, promoting writing and literary culture.
NZSA Mentor programme 2026 seeks applications from beginning / emerging writers, with commitment & potential, who are looking for professional development, a safe space to discuss their work, intellectual community, role models, accountability and substantive feedback. authors.org.nz/nzsa-mentor-...
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The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Fleur Beale is the NZSA 2026 President of Honour, who will deliver the prestigious NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture in 2026. Congratulations Fleur!
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Charlotte Grimshaw 2025 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture podcast
Reporting from the frontlines of fiction and memoir...veracity, integrity and clarity in a so-called βpost-truth world.β Presented in partnership with NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ), and National Library of NZ Te Puna MΔtauranga o Aotearoa. soundcloud.com/nz-society-o...
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Congratulations to Breton Dukes on winning the $10,000 NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2025 to work on a collection of connected short stories!
Congratulations to Breton Dukes on winning the $10,000 NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2025 to work on a collection of connected short stories! authors.org.nz/event/breton...
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Congratulations Vincent O'Malley - winner of CLNZ | NZSA Writersβ Award 2025!
Congratulations Vincent O'Malley - winner of CLNZ | NZSA Writersβ Award 2025!
Read the full media release here authors.org.nz/event/announ...
The 2025 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) | New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc (NZSA) Research Grants go to Rosetta Allan, Taryn Dryfhout, Jacquie Mcrae, and Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith. Congratulations! authors.org.nz/event/clnz-n...
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Congratulations to Cristina Sanders on winning the NZSA Shaw Writerβs Award 2025! authors.org.nz/congratulati...
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Congratulations to Susanna Elliffe - winner of the 2025 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize! Read more at authors.org.nz/event/susann...
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Congratulations to NZSA CompleteMS 2025 recipients!! authors.org.nz/.../nzsa-com...
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NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2025 open for applications
Applications open for this $10,000 opportunity for writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are working on a new project. authors.org.nz/nzsa-peter-d...
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CLNZ | NZSA Writersβ Award. A $25,000 Award to a New Zealand Writer
The CLNZ | NZSA Writers' Award is one of the highest value non-fiction prizes in NZ literature and was established to provide financial support for writers wishing to devote time to a specific project, and to cover reasonable research expenses relating to it. Apply by 4pm, 18 July 2025.
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Applications are now open for the CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants
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The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2025Β shortlist!
Four manuscripts (five writers) are shortlisted for an award that celebrates fresh writing with a 'unique and original vision' Congratulations!Β Ann Beaglehole (Szego),Β Frances Duncan &Β Raewyn Hewitt,Β Susanna Elliffe, and Belinda O'Keefe.
The NZSA Shaw Writerβs Award was established by novelist Tina Shaw to encourage the development of great novels by mid-career fiction writers who are working on a new project. All applicants must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. authors.org.nz/nzsa-shaw-wr...
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NZSA CompleteMS programme 2025 open for applications
CompleteMS Programme applications open!
Suits writers who have completed a manuscript through a number of drafts and require the objective view of an experienced assessor to provide a constructive critique.
Deadline for applications: 28 May 2025
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NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2025
Published and unpublished writers are invited to enter with completed manuscripts written across all genres i.e. fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama or childrenβs writing.Β authors.org.nz
Deadline for entries is 13 March 2025
Designed to give beginning or emerging writers who demonstrate potential and commitment the opportunity to work closely with an experienced writer as their mentor in order to hone their writing skills and, in the process, take a piece of work from the early stages to a polished manuscript with potential for publication. Applications for 2025 programme accepted till 1 Feb 2025. https://authors.org.nz/nzsa-mentor-programme/
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