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A vanity award [1] is an award in which the recipient purchases the award and/or marketing services to give the false appearance of a legitimate honor. [2] [3] Pitches for Who's Who-type publications (see vanity press), biographies or nominations for awards or special memberships can have a catch to them in which the honoree is required to pay for recognition.
The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN New Zealand Inc.) promotes and protects the interests of New Zealand writers. It was founded as the New Zealand PEN Centre (Poets, Essays and Novelists) in 1934. [1] It broadened its scope and became the New Zealand Society of Authors in 1994, [2] under the presidency of writer Philip Temple. There are ...
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
Denis James Matthews Glover DSC (9 December 1912 – 9 August 1980) was a New Zealand poet and publisher. Born in Dunedin, he attended the University of Canterbury where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts, and subsequently lectured.
Awarded annually by the New Zealand Society of Authors for books linked to New Zealand's heritage, in categories including heritage fiction and non-fiction, short prose, poetry, children's books, and te reo Māori or bilingual books. [40] NZ heritage 2013 Extant NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award
The New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) is a New Zealand trade union which represents writers in the fields of film, television, radio, theatre, video and multi-media. The guild's name in Māori language is Puni Taatuhi o Aotearoa. It provides services, events, networks, lobbying, and legal advice to writers mostly in the film and television industry.
Ænglisc; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; বাংলা; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Brezhoneg; Català; Čeština
2011: Malcolm McKinnon (The 1930s Depression in New Zealand) and Melissa Williams (Maori Urban Migrations from North Hokianga to Auckland 1930–1970) Other finalists: Dr Lee Davidson (Mountain Feeling : The Lives of Climbers and Other Stories), Bradford Haami (Ka Mau Te Wehi : May the Force Be With You) and Janet Hunt (Dick Henry and the Birds) [6]