EVENTS:
Branch meeting
Thursday 11 April 2024, at 7.30 pm, via Zoom.
Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send the link with the agenda.
POETS@ONEONESIX
Thursday 18 April 2024, 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm, 116 Bank Street, Whangārei.
FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP
OPPORTUNITIES:
Northland High Schools Short Story Competition
Run by Northland Branch NZSA (PEN Inc.)
Sponsored by The Northern Advocate and Calders Design & Print
PRIZES: Winning School $100
First Place $50
Second place $30
Third Place $20
Certificates for all shortlisted stories.
Opens on 1 April 2024, Closes 30 September2024
Judged by:
Deborah Jowitt and Sue Barker
RULES: Emailed entries only. Entry forms can be downloaded from: https://northlandauthors.co.nz/
Entry Fee: $1.50 per entry. There is no limit to the number of entries a school can make.
Word Limit: 300 – 500
Theme/Topic is open. Students may submit any piece of creative writing that is their original work.
The winners will be announced on 1 November 2024
Details and entry form: https://northlandauthors.co.nz/2021-competiton/
Northland Schools Year 7 & 8 Short Story Competition
Run by Northland Branch NZSA (PEN Inc.)
Sponsored by The Northern Advocate and Jeff Oliver Design, Print & Distribution
PRIZES: Winning School $100
First Place $50
Second place $30
Third Place $20
Certificates for all shortlisted stories.
Opens 1 April 2024, Closes 30 September 2024
Judged by:
Fraser Smith and Patricia Fenton
RULES: Emailed entries only. Entry forms can be downloaded from: https://northlandauthors.co.nz/
Entry Fee: $1.00 per entry. There is no limit to the number of entries a school can make.
Word Limit: 50-300.
Theme/Topic is open. Students may submit any piece of creative writing that is their original work.
The Winners will be announced on 1 November 2024
Details and entry form: https://northlandauthors.co.nz/2021-competiton/
MESSAGE FROM KATHY HUNTER AT CREATIVE MATAKANA:
We have a creative writing workshop coming up with the wonderful Stephanie Johnson in Matakana, May 6-10.
All information is here: https://www.creativematakana.nz/five-day-courses-2024#stephanie
The 2024 NFFD competition is open!
Send your best 300 words
Submissions open through 30 April
The 2024 judges for the national competition are the award-winning writers Lynn Jenner and Rachel O’Neill. More about this year’s judges, and how to enter, can be found on the NFFD Competition page.
More about the 2024 international youth competition later this month.
MICRO MADNESS
A free competition open to international writers. For stories up to 100 words. This competition opens 1 April. Each year we have two judges, one from Aotearoa New Zealand and one from overseas.
Find previous micro winners and more about this micro competition here.
JUNE CELEBRATIONS
Watch for details about flash fiction workshops, events and more in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Northland, Taranaki, Waikato and Wellington. Our Events page will be updated in the coming months.
ONLINE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Each year, we celebrate with online panels, discussions and special readings that take place in June, leading up to our big day. Stay tuned for more! And if you have a flash idea for a panel or presentation, email us and let us know: info@nationalflash.org
You can enjoy last year’s Festival of Flash, plusprevious online panels and readings, at the website, here.
Watch this space as NFFD gets underway!
And enjoy writing your flash submissions!
Questions? Email us: info@nationalflash.org
MESSAGE FROM FROM MEREDITH WIGHTMAN –
FICTIONS COLLECTION LIBRARIAN
As part of the 2024 Whangarei Fringe Festival, on Saturday 5 October Whangarei Libraries are looking at having an event that connects local authors with their readers. As a starting point, we were wondering if there were any local authors who are publishing a fiction or nonfiction book in the first half of this year and would like the opportunity to come and talk about their work and promote it directly – either as part of a small panel or as an individual. We are just in the early stages of planning, so would appreciate hearing from interested authors. Please contact us on: meredith.wightman@wdc.govt.nz
SHARING NZSA NORTHLAND BRANCH NEWS AND EVENTS:
– Share with us on our Facebook Pages for NZSA Northland
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1618171775233622 (Private group)
https://www.facebook.com/NZSANorthlandBranch (Public)
– Submit your news, including events, awards, recent publications and book launches, to: northlandauthors[at]gmail.com for inclusion in our monthly newsletter.
Free for financial members. 50 cents per word for non-members.
Check for further updates on: https://northlandauthors.co.nz/
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
–Mark Twain
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