Biggs Poetry Prize winner announced
A collection of poetic biographies has won the 2015 Biggs Family Prize for Poetry.
2015 News
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2015 Adam Prize winner announced
A memoir of music's outlaw heroes has been awarded this year's Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing.
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Scriptwriting prize winners announced
Read about the winners of the David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize and the Brad McGann Film writing Award.
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Turbine 15 is live
The 15th edition of our online literary journal features local and global writing.
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IIML graduates on Book Awards long list
Six graduates of our MA and PhD Creative Writing programmes have been longlisted for the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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New Generation Awards for MA in Creative Writing graduates
Anna Smaill and Tusi Tamasese have both been recognised with this prestigious Award from the Arts Foundation.
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2016 Writer in Residence at the IIML
Anne Kennedy will be the next Victoria University / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence.
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National Schools Poetry Award winner announced
Read about our winner and runners-up, and read all ten finalist poems.
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Anna Smaill's debut novel longlisted for Man Booker Prize
The Chimes, by the Victoria MA in Creative Writing graduate, has been longlisted for what is arguably the most prestigious literary prize in the English-speaking world.
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Writers on Mondays 2015: questions of travel, life and love, answers from the imagination
Writers on Mondays 2015 brings together a line-up of exciting new and established talents to showcase what's happening in the world of writing.