EVENTS:
NZSA Northland Branch meeting
Tuesday 3 June 2025 at 7.30 pm, via Zoom.
Secretary, Trish Fenton, will send the Zoom link with the agenda.
POETS@ONEONESIX
5.30 – 7.30pm, Wednesday 11 June, 116 Bank Street Whangārei.
Gold coin donations to cover cost of room hire are very much appreciated.
HOW TO WRITE GREAT SHORT STORIES
On Saturday 24 May 2025, Caroline Barron led a lively, interactive and well-attended event that provided insight, enlightenment and entertainment! Many thanks to Caroline and the organisers.
FROM CRIMEFEST IN BRISTOL, WITH OUR OWN SHERRYL CLARK
First panel for Crimefest! Christina Koning joined us too.
Great session to kick off the festival.
Thanks to Lee Child, Linda Mather, Fiona Veitch Smith and Christina, talking about private investigators in fiction.
#crimefiction #Crimewriting #CrimeFest #bristol
Sherryl will write a short report on attending CrimeFest for our next newsletter.
OPPORTUNITIES:
Copyright NZ offers a free online workshop for NZSA members, all about aspects of copyright and your rights, and our Northland branch has decided to take advantage of this and schedule a workshop for this year, possibly June or July.
If you would be interested in attending, please email us at northlandauthors@gmail.com and let us know whether you would prefer a daytime, evening or weekend session.
MESSAGE FROM DEB CURREEN:
Kia ora whanau and friends,
Expressions of interest are invited for an anthology of true short stories around remembrance and celebration of the life and legacy of a loved one who has died from suicide.
The collected stories are intended to uplift, heal and offer hope to other survivors of suicide who may still be struggling with the enormous and tragic loss of their loved one. And also give an insight into this difficult and not often talked about grief.
In the stories, family and friends will remember the beautiful, creative, generous, big lives that their loved ones lived before succumbing to the darkness of suicide. Also remembered will be, in some cases, a legacy of creativity, life and ongoing influence after their death.
If you have a story to share, please contact me for further information via PM or email at dcauthor1@gmail.com or go to More than this on facebook, link below.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576181126769
There are no submission fees.
Submissions open June 1 and close on October 1. After that final decisions will be made on which stories will be accepted.
PLEASE SHARE TO YOUR PAGES AND GROUPS.
Blessings – Deb x
THE FRANK SARGESON SHORT STORY COMPETITION
THERE’S STILL TIME TO ENTER!
New Zealand’s richest short story competition celebrating bold new writing from emerging and established voices.
General terms
Entries for the 2025 competition open on 1 April 2025 and close on 30 June 2025.
NATIONAL FLASH FICTION DAY
Watch for the short list coming soon!
All info about this competition is posted at the NFFD site, here.
The 2024 Micro Madness Long List!
Follow Micro Madness with a micro a day, beginning today, June 01, here.
From June 01 to June 22 we’ll post a micro a day, leading up to the top stories and our celebration of National Flash Fiction Day!
Watch for the Short Lists coming in early June!
SHARING NZSA NORTHLAND BRANCH NEWS AND EVENTS:
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1618171775233622 (Private members’ 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/
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
Ernest Hemingway
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