Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards

Help shape the future of Aotearoa Speculative Fiction and be a judge for our inaugural year!

All you need is a love of speculative works!

We especially encourage diverse voices to apply!

Put your name down by filling in an application here: tepaetawhitiawards.nz/te-pae-tawhi...

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• Outstanding Achievement for a Collection or Anthology (fiction, poetry, essays)
• Outstanding Achievement for a Graphic Novel (award to writer and illustrator)
• Outstanding Service to Speculative Fiction (free to nominate).

Find out more and enter at tepaetawhitiawards.nz

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• Outstanding Achievement for Adult Fiction
• Outstanding Achievement for Middle Grade Fiction
• Outstanding Achievement for Young Adult Fiction
• Outstanding Achievement for a Novella (7,500-40,000 words)
• Outstanding Achievement for a Short Story (up to 7,500 words)

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Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards—Aotearoa New Zealand's first juried speculative fiction awards—are currently open to entries!

We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories:

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