New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa

Images: (top) Testing text and design elements laser-cut into aluminium sample for the sculpture, with LED backlighting and diffuser material in place. Design: David Hakaraia. Manufacture: Human Dynamo...

The Robert Burns Fellowship is New Zealand’s premier literary residency. The Fellowship aims to encourage and promote imaginative New Zealand literature and to associate writers with the University.

The annual, 12-month Fellowship provides an office in the English Department and not less than the minimum salary of a full-time university lecturer. It is open to writers ...

The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship is an annual award that enables an established creative writer to spend three months or more in Menton, Southern France. This Fellowship is proudly supported by Craigs Investment Partners Wellington.
The primary aim of the residency is for the writer to work on a project in a new environment, and to complete, or make substantial p...

The Caselberg Trust is pleased to announce this year’s winner of the six week residency is Siobhan Harvey from Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. The 2026 residency is specifically for writers from Aotearoa and we were delighted to receive applications from across the motu.

The 2026 judge commented, “the applications received were of an incredibly high standard, and so many of...

Messy Press, the exciting new children’s publisher based in Auckland has been awarded the 2026 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year for Oceania at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. This highly coveted international prize recognises children’s publishers who have most distinguished themselves for their professional and intellectual skill across each regi...