Writing (fiction and non-fiction)
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Bursaries
Writers' Fellowships (Residencies)
Supported by Creative New Zealand
- Auckland University Writers Fellowship
- Dunedin College of Education - Children's Writer-in-Residence
- University of Canterbury - (Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing)
- Victoria University Writer-in-Residence
- Waikato University Writer-in-Residence
- Creative New Zealand Berlin Writer's Residency
- International Writing Programme, University of Iowa, USA
- Pacific Writers' Residency
- Buddle Findlay Sargeson Writer's Fellowship
- Burns Fellowship (Otago University)
- Foxton Fellowship
- Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship
- National Library Fellowship
- Randell Cottage Writer-in-residence (Wellington)
- The ' brief' Writers Award (Great Barrier Island)
- Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust Residency
Awards
- Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Awards (Short Stories)
- British Council/New Zealand Writers Foundation UK Scholarship
- Copyright Licensing Ltd Writer's Award
- Elsie Locke Award
- Esther Glenn Award for Children's Literature
- Māori Literature Awards
- Michael King Fellowship
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards
- New Zealand History Research Trust Fund Awards in History
- New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards
- Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement
- Bruce Mason Playrights Award
- The Richard Webster Popular Fiction Award
- International Institute for Modern Letters Awards
- Prize in Modern Letters