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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.
Promoted (as of 2021) as "New Zealand's richest short story prize, sponsored by the University of Waikato. Named for celebrated New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson, the Prize was conceived by writer Catherine Chidgey, who also lectures in Writing Studies at the University." There are Open and Secondary School divisions.
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The Michael King Writers Centre is a writing centre on the slope of Takarunga / Mount Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, which offers residencies to early career and experienced writers. It was established in 2005 in honour of New Zealand historian Michael King .
[1] [3] The courses were popular and over-subscribed; in 1996, 150 people applied for 12 places. [1] [2] In 1997, an anthology of writing from the course was published, titled Mutes and Earthquakes: Bill Manhire's creative writing course at Victoria, [4] followed by Spectacular Babies in 2001. [5]
The International Writers' Guild was founded in 1966 by unions from the United Kingdom, United States, and Yugoslavia. It gradually grew, but in 1986 it was replaced by the "International Affiliation of Writers' Guilds", with its founding members all being in English-speaking countries.
As of 2022 there are a number of conditions of entry, including: [7] The competition is open to New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. Essays must not exceed 1500 words. Essays can be on any topic but must not have been previously published. The winner is announced and published in each November issue of Landfall.
Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971), writer, poet and spiritualist; James Courage (1903–1963), fiction writer, poet and bookseller; David Coventry (born 1969), novelist and musician; Winston Cowie (born 1982), novelist and historian; Joy Cowley (born 1936), author of children's fiction; Rachael Craw (living), novelist and teacher