Submissions for the 2025 A&U Fiction Prize are now open!

By Ōtepoti He Puna Auaha | Dunedin UNESCO City Of Literature | Posted: Thursday Oct 10, 2024

Entries close 31 March 2025

Been working on a novel? Here's your chance to work with one of the best publishers in NZ and earn a $10,000 advance against royalties.

The Allen & Unwin NZ Ficton Prize was created to support New Zealand writers and to give our readers fantastic, home-grown stories that resonate.

The competition is open to all unpublished full-length commercial fiction manuscripts between 70,000 and 100,000 words in length written by New Zealand citizens and residents.

For full entry details, click here: The Allen & Unwin NZ Fiction Prize (allenandunwin.co.nz)