Calling all young writers!

Rod Oram Memorial Essay Prize - entries close 14 March 2025

Posted: Friday Dec 20, 2024

The Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest 2025

Entries due 6 January 2025

Posted: Tuesday Dec 17, 2024

A huge congratulations to Franchesca Walker and Hannah August, joint-winners of the 2024 Landfall Essay Competition

Landfall Essay Competition judge Lynley Edmeades has announced the joint winners of this year’s competition: Franchesca ...

Posted: Friday Nov 29, 2024

The winners of the 2024 University of Otago Creative Writing Competition have been announced

This year's theme/writing prompt was “A place of many firsts” and was judged by the 2024 Robert Burns Fellow, Mikaela Ny...

Posted: Monday Nov 18, 2024

Rap Like Robbie Poetry Competition 2024

Entries close Saturday 30 November 2024

Posted: Friday Nov 01, 2024

Robert Burns Poetry Competition 2024

Entries close 5pm Saturday 30 November

Posted: Friday Nov 01, 2024

2024 Judith Wright Poetry Prize

Entries will close Friday 22 November 2024

Posted: Monday Oct 21, 2024

2024 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize

Entries will close Friday 22 November 2024

Posted: Monday Oct 21, 2024

Congratulations to the winners of Writer 2024

Guest judge and 2024 Burns Fellow Mikaela Nyman says the thoughtful and varied entries related to the theme, "a place of...

Posted: Friday Oct 18, 2024

Winners of the 2024 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition announced

Read the winning stories here

Posted: Tuesday Oct 15, 2024

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

Entries close 31 March 2025

Posted: Thursday Oct 10, 2024

Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize 2024 - winners announced

The competition is now in its fourteenth year, and this year attracted 142 poems from New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, U...

Posted: Monday Sep 23, 2024

Poetry Box challenge: Inside a box

Deadline: Saturday 21st September

Posted: Tuesday Sep 17, 2024

Entries for the 2024 Sunday Star-Times short story competition are open

Entries close October 7, 2024 at 11.45pm

Posted: Monday Sep 16, 2024

National Poetry Day Competition Results

Warmest congratulations to the winners and everyone who entered and helped make our night so special

Posted: Tuesday Sep 10, 2024

Nine to Noon Short Story competition opens

RNZ are looking for stories of 2000 words, submitted by Friday 29 September.

Posted: Thursday Sep 05, 2024

Entries are open for the 2024 University of Otago creative writing competition!

The University’s annual creative writing competition for staff, students and alumni - entries close Wednesday 11 Septemb...

Posted: Friday Aug 30, 2024

NZ Young Writers Festival Competition

Entries close Thursday 22 August 2024 8.00pm

Posted: Wednesday Aug 14, 2024

Name the chick competition

The Royal Cam chick needs a name. Submit your name along with an environmental action to be in to win great prizes. Entr...

Posted: Monday Aug 12, 2024

2024 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose competition

Entries close 31 July 2024

Posted: Thursday Jul 25, 2024

University Creative writing competition open

Entries close at midnight on Wednesday 11 September 2024

Posted: Monday Jul 22, 2024

'Leap' Poetry for Children Competiton

The nationwide competition is for adults who write poetry for children. Entries close Friday 2nd August 2024

Posted: Tuesday Jul 16, 2024

Waha Kōrero - Speech Competition

Waha Kōrero is an opportunity for native and highly proficient speakers of te reo Māori. This unique speech competition ...

Posted: Tuesday Jul 09, 2024

Bookmark Design Competition 2024

Bugs and Butterflies!

Posted: Wednesday Jul 03, 2024

Poetry Competition 2024

Submissions close 5pm 29 July 2024

Posted: Tuesday Jul 02, 2024

National Poetry Day: All Ages Competition

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 31 July | 5pm

Posted: Thursday Jun 27, 2024

The International Children’s Publishing Academy writing competition

Local New Zealand publisher Exisle Publishing launches the International Children's Publishing Academy with a writing co...

Posted: Monday Jun 17, 2024

The takahē Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2024 is open!

Entries close 30th September 2024

Posted: Wednesday Jun 05, 2024

The Caselberg Trust International Poetry Prize is open for submissions

Submissions close 5pm 31 July 2024

Posted: Tuesday Jun 04, 2024

Renee Liang announced as judge for the Monica Taylor Poetry Prize 2024

The prize will be opening on 1st June, so start polishing your best unpublished poems!

Posted: Tuesday May 28, 2024

2024 NFFD Long Lists announced

Posted: Tuesday May 28, 2024

2024 Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition winner announced

Emma Hughes has been announced as the 2024 Landfall Young Writers’ Essay Competition winner for her moving essay, ‘Fourt...

Posted: Monday May 27, 2024

Entries for The Novel Prize are open

Entries close 1 June 2024

Posted: Wednesday May 22, 2024

Submissions are open for Sweet Mammalian

Submissions close 30 June 2024

Posted: Thursday May 16, 2024

Landfall Essay Competition

Entries close 31 July 2024

Posted: Monday May 06, 2024

Enter the Annual NZPS International Poetry Competition

Entries close midnight 31 May 2024

Posted: Friday May 03, 2024

Tūhura photography competition

Otago’s own awards to celebrate our nature, our landscapes, and you, our people, taking images of all of it!

Posted: Tuesday Apr 30, 2024

The 2024 Sargeson Prize is now open for entries

Entries close 30 June 2024

Posted: Wednesday Apr 10, 2024

Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition

Opens Saturday 1 June and closes on Wednesday 31 July 2024

Posted: Tuesday Apr 09, 2024

The 2024 NFFD competition is open through April 30!

Send your best 300 words

Posted: Monday Apr 08, 2024

The 2024 NFFD competition is open!

Send your best 300 words - Submissions open through 30 April

Posted: Monday Feb 26, 2024

PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG

Submissions close 1 August 2024

Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

PLAYWRIGHTS B4 25

Submissions close annually on 1 April

Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

10-Minute Play Competition 2024

Submit one or two 10-Minute Plays to the Playwrights Association of New Zealand 10-Minute Play Competition 2024 to be in...

Posted: Tuesday Feb 20, 2024

Robert Burns Poetry Competition 2023

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2023 Robert Burns and Rap Like Robbie Poetry Competitions! You can read the wi...

Posted: Thursday Jan 25, 2024