NZSA Otago/Southland Branch

23/07/2024

Entries close 31 July!

This year’s competition is for works of fiction up to 1888 words – a reference to the year of Mansfield’s birth. All submissions must follow the theme, however loosely, of ‘haunted’.

27/06/2024

⚡️National Poetry Day: All Ages Competition✍️

Dunedin Public Libraries, NZSA Otago/Southland Branch and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature invite you to celebrate National Poetry Day by creating poetry.

The competition is open to residents of Otago-Southland with categories for primary school, high school and adults. You can write about anything you like, or use our suggested theme for this year, Landscapes of Otago.

For full details of prizes, terms and conditions and to submit an entry, visit: dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/news-and-events/competitions/national-poetry-day-2024

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 31 July | 5pm

27/05/2024

There's just over a month left to enter the competition. Submit a story under 5,000 words before 30 June—it's what Frank would want x

Entry Guidelines: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/about/faculties-schools/arts/writing-studies/sargeson-prize/terms-and-conditions/

The University of Waikato

16/05/2024

The 2024 Mātātuhi Foundation Jessie Mackay Prize for Poetry winner is Megan Kitching for her collection At The Point of Seeing published by Otago University Press !

09/05/2024

05/05/2024

Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship Applications close June 14 https://www.thearts.co.nz/awards/katherine-mansfield-menton-fellowship

03/04/2024

Entries for the 2024 competition close on 30 June. Last year there were over 830 entries in the Open Division and 230 in the Secondary Schools Division.

28/03/2024

Podcast at https://tinyurl.com/IonaWinter, poet, essayist, storyteller and editor Iona Winter discusses her latest collection 'In the shape of his hand lay a river' (Elixir & Star Press Aotearoa New Zealand), which launches via Zoom on Easter Saturday.

Iona's work around su***de bereavement and grief is powerful and fearless. Written throughout the initial impact of her son's death, In the shape of his hand lay a river aims to challenge perceptions of su***de bereavement, and with an unashamed voice lend words to those who are unable to find them.

Copies of this limited edition book are available for pre-sale.

Please register your interest, for the launch or a copy at:
[email protected]

Many thanks to City of Literature Dunedin, New Zealand for their support for fortnightly feature Write Spot (Wednesdays 8.40am). Previous editions can be found at https://oar.org.nz/write-spot/

CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
NZ On Air

28/03/2024

27/02/2024

The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc.) is a membership-based art

15/02/2024

Huge thanks to University Book Shop Otago for their ongoing support for 'Write On with Beverly Martens', a monthly focus on local writers and people involved in the book industry brought to you by the Otago Southland branch of New Zealand Society of Authors.

Podcast at http://tinyurl.com/WriteOn14Feb, this month's edition features conversations with Jan McEwen, Executive Director at Michael King Writers' Centre, and Ōtepoti Dunedin writer, editor and performer Liz Breslin.

CAMA - Community Access Media Alliance
NZ On Air

26/01/2024

For a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to carry out work on a creative writing project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history at the University of Hawai‘i for three months. Valued at NZ$30,000. Applications close 1 March

11/01/2024

Happy new year everyone!

Many readers have requested an archive for Down in Edin Magazine, and so we've placed the original PDF files on Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DE6vhIL3OiJuhdl4w3OlDoxMFJLYW43b?usp=sharing

You can also access the link to the archives via our website
www.downinedinmagazine.com

(Note - the image below is the front cover to Issue 25, May 2022)

30/11/2023

Calling all young Writers - Turn up in person or online.
https://authors.org.nz/event/pens-and-pjs-writing-group/?event_date=2023-12-06 Next meeting December 6

28/09/2023

The prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country who is aged 18 and over. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words). Regional winners each receive £2,500 and the opportunity to be published online by Granta magazine, the overall ...

23/09/2023

📣 Applications are now open for one of New Zealand’s top writing residencies: the 2024 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a generous stipend, funded by CNZ and currently set at $30,582, and six months’ rent-free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest heritage homes. The residency will run from July to December 2024.

“We’re incredibly proud to be offering New Zealand writers an extended period of time to devote to their work, a generous stipend, a comfortable home for six months, a peaceful garden, and proximity to Wellington’s research institutions – and to be able to welcome our residents’ families and partners as well,” Trust chair Christine Hurley says.

The Trust is particularly interested in hearing from mid-career and Māori and Pasifika writers.

Built in Thorndon in 1867, the Cottage has been painstakingly restored and is close to the National Library, the Turnbull Library and National Archive. Alongside the annual six-month residency for mid-career New Zealand writers, the Cottage also offers an annual residency to an author from France in the first half of the calendar year. The Cottage has provided a peaceful inner-city base for both New Zealand and French writers from a range of genres: novelists, poets, biographers and more.

The first New Zealand resident was Peter Wells, in 2002. He has since been followed by Tim Corballis, Michael Harlow, Renée, Beryl Fletcher, Whiti Hereaka, Jennifer Compton, Kirsty Gunn, Pat White, Peter Walker, Vivienne Plumb, Denis Welch, Tina Makereti, Witi Ihimaera, Owen Marshall, Stephanie Johnson, Stephen Daisley, James Norcliffe, Paddy Richardson, Michalia Arathimos, Lynn Davidson, Rose Lu and current 2023 resident Rachel O’Neill. The Trust celebrated twenty years of residencies in 2022 with the publication of Room to Write (The Cuba Press), a bilingual English-French anthology of writings by previous New Zealand and French fellows.

The Randell Cottage Creative NZ Writer in Residence is selected by a Trust-appointed committee to work on an approved project. The deadline for applications is Friday, 10 November 2022. The successful applicant will be announced in December.

Application forms and further information can be found at www.randellcottage.co.nz/residency/

20/09/2023

The recipients of the University of Otago’s prestigious Arts Fellowships for 2024 have been selected.

19/09/2023

You are invited to the New Zealand Society of Authors Otago Southland Salon Reading Series

🕊Celebrating International Day of Peace🕊
Featuring Mira Harrison, Rakibul Khan & Rushi Vyas
& an open mic celebrating works of peace

Thursday, 21 September 2023, 5.30 pm
Dunedin Athenaeum

14/09/2023

If you have a planned project or one that needs to be completed in 2024, now is the time to apply for some writing time in a special place! All application details online at
www.writerscentre.org.nz

14/09/2023

The Aotearoa New Zealand Review of Books publishes long-form reviews of local fiction, nonfiction and poetry. We’re a platform for in-depth discussions of contemporary literature, society and culture, featuring established and emerging reviewers from the South Pacific.

04/09/2023

Meet the 2023 NZ Young Writers Festival writers

From poets and playwrights to stand-up comedians and cartoonists, this is truly an inspiring bunch of creatives. There's even some artists joining remotely from Australia!

Check them out: https://youngwritersfest.nz/programme/meet-the-writers/

13/08/2023

2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: open for entries 31 July
The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand. It celebrates the life and work of the writer and agent Michael Gifkins. The winner will receive a publication contract for world rights from Text, and an advance of NZ $10,000. Submissions to the 2024 prize open on 31 July 2023 and close at midnight NZST on Friday 13 October 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2pcmw7u4

26/07/2023

🗞 Reminder that applications are now open for the 2023 Verb Wellington Writer in Residence at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden! ✍️ 💜

This writers residency is three weeks long and you can find all application details here: https://www.verbwellington.nz/residencies

18/07/2023

The prize will be judged by a panel of three made up of two New Zealand literary figures and one Text Publishing employee.

17/07/2023

The University's annual creative writing competition opens for entries today (17 July), with the theme: The Getting of Wisdom.

15/07/2023

📢 Applications are now open for the 2023 Verb Wellington Writer in Residence at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden!

We’re thrilled to once again be offering this residency opportunity. Applications from writers who live in Aotearoa, working on any of the following forms are
welcomed: short stories, the novel, poetry, creative non-fiction and memoir.

2023 is an extra special year for Katherine Mansfield House & Garden as it marks 100 years since Mansfield’s death and a range of events and activities have been taking place throughout the year to celebrate Mansfield’s creative legacy.

🌸 Applications are now open and close 5pm, Tuesday 2 August. The successful applicant will be notified by Mon 14 August.

The residency takes place Sunday 29 October - Sunday 19 November (3 weeks).

Find out more about the 2023 Verb Wellington Writer’s Residency at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden here: https://www.verbwellington.nz/residencies

11/07/2023

Last month to enter! Get your entries in for this year's Landfall Essay Competition by July 31st ✍️
oup.nz/landfall-essay-comp

09/07/2023

Dunedin is a magnificent example of a small city that lives, breathes and connects through its people