🚨 CALLING ALL COMMONWEALTH WRITERS 🚨 Submissions are now open for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2023 We can't wait to read all of the amazing entries ✍ Let us know if you are entering in the comments & tag your writer friends More here ▶️▶️ bit.ly/3A8mPXi

We are proud to present: PAULA MORRIS MNZM – LITERATURE 2022 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Paula Morris is one of our nation’s greatest writers. She is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor and a tireless advocate, whos… instagr.am/p/Ch_00JnrWH1/

Woohoo! NZSA New Plymouth roadshow is on this Saturday for all Taranaki writers.

Woohoo! Congratulations to Iona Winter! 🧡💚🧡 The Ōtepoti Writer and Poet has been awarded the 2022 @CLLNZ and NZSA $25,000 Writers’ Award for her creative non-fiction project, ‘A counter of moons’. Find out more about Iona's project here: authors.org.nz/25000-clnz-nzs…

📢 Sam Irvine has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of CLNZ. Sam succeeds Paula Browning who steps down after 12 years in the role.  📖 Read the full announcement from CLNZ Board Chair Emeritus Professor Pat Walsh here: bit.ly/3RWNaAU

.Val McDermid Michael Robotham #JPPomare - the playlist! Some cracking tunes selected by Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand's touring crime writers. We've had fun in the office guessing who picked what song! This'll get you in the mood for Thursday's #CrimerAfterCrimeTour event. open.spotify.com/playlist/527fi…

Wellington and Auckland book launches for Jennifer Lane's new novel - Miracle.

Coming up today - the winners of the #2022Ngaios! Exciting :)

Double congratulation to Jacqueline Bublitz! 😍

If you’re thinking about signing up with CLNZ as a visual artist, you might have a few questions about how our auction house licensing scheme works, and what’s covered. Or you might be signed up already and just want a refresher. 📖 Full story here: bit.ly/3ROMVrP

“The CLNZ Contestable Fund Grant was exactly what we were looking for.” Why apply for the 2022 Contestable Fund Grants? Take a look at our conversation with 2021 recipient OneTree House: bit.ly/3cYyL8t 2022 guidelines and details: bit.ly/3yT18eh

Open to all of Aotearoa's emerging and established writers.

The Allen & Unwin Aotearoa NZ Award for Best Commercial Book for Adults goes to ‘Kurangaituku’ by Whiti “Starstar Stanza” Hereaka (Huia Publishers). Designed by Te Kani Price and Camilla Lau. #NZBookDesignAwards

The Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book goes to ‘A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand’ edited by Paula Morris and Alison Wong (Auckland University Press). Cover and interior designed by Keely O'Shannessy with typesetting by Tina Delceg. #NZBookDesignAwards

The Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen BookData goes to… ‘Conversātiō — In the company of bees’. Congratulations Anna Brown, Matt Law and Massey Uni Press

It's being described 'the death of part of the arts ecosystem' and the most devastating situation in decades. We dive deep and get the creative sector's reaction to the latest funding news. thebigidea.nz/stories/death-…

The 2022 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition is open for entries. Open exclusively to NZSA members. $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $100 third prize. Opens 21 September, closes 4pm, Monday 24 October. Only $10 to enter. More info here: authors.org.nz/the-2022-graem…

And we are delighted that you're doing the Fellowship with us! Big love🥰 #beatsonfellowship2022

Tim Jones wins the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2022! Big congratulations 😊“I’m honoured and delighted to receive the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship for 2022,” said Tim Jones. Read more about Tim's fellowship & the runner ups here: authors.org.nz/event/tim-jone…