Northland Branch
Events
Next NZSA Northland Meeting
AGM Sunday 21st March at 11.00 am in Kerikeri
Our guest speaker is Northlander Rachel Rowlands. Drawing on her extensive background in animation and web design, she will discuss Shopify and present a proposal for designing a website for Northland writers to market their books.
We will have a Book Sales Table so please bring copies of books you’d like to sell.
Karen Phillips will send directions for the venue and details about the sale of books with the agenda.
Please contact other members to make car-pooling arrangements
Note the meeting will be held on a Sunday, not the usual Saturday.
POETS@ONEONESIX
116 Bank Street Whangarei
Thursday 18 March at 5.00pm
Readings, sharing, feedback, comments.
Opportunities
Pavlova Press
Just a reminder that the closing date for submissions to Pavlova Press’s anthology, including pavlova poems, images, cartoons and stories (fiction and nonfiction) that could become part of a pavlova-themed book has been extended until 31 March 2021.
All details are here: Submission
NFFD 2021 is open!
The competition runs from February 15 to April 15.
Submit your best 300-word stories!
Watch for updates: nationalflash.org
And watch for the international 2021 MICRO MADNESS competition – coming soon! Judges and more information will be announced in the March news, but start writing your micros. No theme/ up to 100 words. You can find last year’s micros here.
2021 PAGE & BLACKMORE SHORT STORY COMPETITION in association with NZSA TOP OF THE SOUTH BRANCH
The 2021 Page & Blackmore Short Story Competition is open for entries. This national short story competition is jointly sponsored by Nelson’s Page & Blackmore Booksellers and NZSA Top of the South Branch, with prizes awarded half as book vouchers and half as cash.
The word limit is 1500 words. Writers may submit as many entries to the competition as they like, provided an entry fee of $20 is paid for each story. All stories receive feedback, with the judge providing a written assessment of the ten short-listed stories. The top three entries receive prizes to the following value: First, $500; Second, $300; Third, $200.
Submissions must be made by email to tosshortstorycomp2021@gmail.com
The competition will be judged by Rajorshi Chakraborti, an Indian-born novelist, essayist and short story writer who now lives with his family in Wellington.
The closing date for entries is Friday 30 April. The results of the competition will be announced on Friday 4 June.
The full conditions of entry and an entry form for the 2021 Short Story Competition can be downloaded from http://www.topwriters.co.nz/page–blackmore-competition.html
If you have any queries, contact Lucy at tosnzsa15@gmail.com
News
Congratulations to Piet Nieuwland!
As light into water is a new book of Piet’s poetry published by Cyberwit (India). Themes include place, relationships, music, climate change, and being at the beach. If you would like to purchase the volume directly from Piet at $30.00 per copy (includes postage) please email him with your postal address and he will provide bank details for payment: pietn@outlook.com
Blog sites
Justine Payen: www.justinepayen.kiwi
Heather Whelan: heatherwhelan@blogspot.com Boots, Bikes and Back Roads.
NorthTec Online Writing Class:
https://wordpress.com/view/6005onlinewriting.home.blog
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