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Writing competitions

The One-Day Short Story Competition
Could you write a short story in one day? There's an under 20 category in the NZSA Short Story Competition on Sunday 29 August 2010.

One way of getting published is to enter your work into writing competitions.

Winning an award is the way many top New Zealand poets and writers have started their careers, and good prizes often await the winners.

Competition Websites

* BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards
Includes a young writer category which encourages New Zealand secondary school student writers, and offers a prize for the winner's school in addition to their individual award prize.
* New Zealand Post National Schools Poetry Awards
Poetry Awards for Years 11-13 New Zealand students. There are two prize categories - Best Poem and Best Lyric.
* One-day short story competition
New Zealand Society of Authors one day short story competition held in Christchurch since 2009.
* Pikihuia Awards
Includes a category of Best Short Story in English or Māori by a Māori secondary school student. Held every two years.
* Re-Draft
Re-Draft is a competition for 13 - 19 year olds run by the Christchurch School for Young Writers. Your work could be chosen as the title of their annual publication. See also our page on Re-Draft.
* Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards
Includes Secondary School Division is open only to secondary school students. Site features previous winning stories.
* Takahe competitions
Takahe alternates between poetry and short story competitions each year. The Takahe Collective Trust is a non-profit organisation that aims to support emerging and published writers, poets, artists and cultural commentators.