Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust announces residencies for 2025–26

Twelve writers have been awarded residencies for late 2025 and early 2026 at the historic cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin UNE...

Posted: Monday Jun 30, 2025

School Holidays are nearly here... have you made plans yet?

Dunedin Public Libraries are a great space to stay warm and entertained - take a look at what's happening in your neck o...

Posted: Friday Jun 27, 2025

The Masters Review 2025 Reprint Prize closes soon

Deadline: June 29, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific

Posted: Friday Jun 27, 2025

Open call for Granada Writers in Residence Programme for next November 2025

Closing date for application submissions, August 31, 2025.

Posted: Friday Jun 27, 2025

Open call for applications for Prague Residency Program 2026

Applications will be accepted until August 18, 2025

Posted: Thursday Jun 26, 2025

Announcing the 2025 NZYWF Robert Lord Writers Cottage Young Writer in Residence!

NZYWF are thrilled to announce Nick Tipa (Kāi Tahu) as the 2025 NZYWF Robert Lord Writers Cottage Young Writer in Reside...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Bad Diaries Podcast is back!

Posted: Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Finnish-Kiwi poet Mikaela Nyman on her new poetry collection

Mikaela joins Mark Leishman

Posted: Wednesday Jun 25, 2025

Call for Judges of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Applications must be submitted by 5pm on Friday 4 July

Posted: Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

Calling all young wordsmiths in Ōtepoti!

Entries are now open for the Dunedin Youth Poetry Competition.

Posted: Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

Review: Short | Poto

'The bilingual presentation creates a unique reading experience. Stories appear numerically from 1-100, side by side in ...

Posted: Tuesday Jun 24, 2025

A warm welcome to Sarah Gallagher

Ōtepoti City of Literature is thrilled that one of the special writers in our whānau, Sarah Gallagher, will be joining u...

Posted: Monday Jun 23, 2025

Call for Wonju UNESCO City of Literature Residency 2025

Spend eight weeks in South Korea, at the Toji Cultural Centre - Applications close 11 July 2025

Posted: Monday Jun 23, 2025

Wellbeing through writing promoted

A workshop has been helping people experiencing challenging emotions by encouraging them to put pen to paper.

Posted: Thursday Jun 19, 2025

Melbourne City of Literature Virtual Writer in Residence

Writers from other UNESCO Cities of Literature, including Dunedin, are invited to apply to Melbourne City of Literature’...

Posted: Thursday Jun 19, 2025

Today on Write Spot

Writer, Actor and Musician, Nick Tipa has just returned from a season of Bruce Mason's The End of the Golden Weather at ...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 18, 2025

Dunedin Writers’ Workshop

Established more than 30 years ago, Dunedin Writers’ Workshop is a friendly space where hobbyists and professionals alik...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 18, 2025

Vale Maurice Gee, 1931 – 2025

The great Aotearoa writer Maurice Gee has died. Books editor Claire Mabey pays tribute.

Posted: Monday Jun 16, 2025

Matariki Kanohi Iti - 10 June-4 July, The Cube, City Library

To celebrate Matariki, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has selected archival taonga speaking to the significance of the stars’...

Posted: Friday Jun 13, 2025

New Nottingham Journal - Call for Submissions

Submissions close 27 June

Posted: Friday Jun 13, 2025

Opportunities for Moana creatives

Do you have a project you’d like to present in Dunedin Fringe Festival 2026? Get in touch with the Dunedin Fringe Co-Lea...

Posted: Thursday Jun 12, 2025

Dr Michelle Thaller speaks with RNZ 's Mihingarangi Forbes about her upcoming visit to New Zealand

A wide-ranging conversation that came hot on the heels of an exciting NASA announcement. Listen in to hear Dr Thaller's ...

Posted: Wednesday Jun 11, 2025

'A Counter of Moons' by Iona Winter

Purchase your copy now

Posted: Wednesday Jun 11, 2025

Call for Young Creative Writers!

OAR FM is looking for MORE young people aged 12–24 to join Phase 2 of their whakapapa creative writing & podcast project...

Posted: Tuesday Jun 10, 2025

Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Celebrates 10 Years with a feast of legacy books

2024 marked a remarkable milestone for Ōtepoti—ten years as a UNESCO City of Literature. To celebrate a decade of champi...

Posted: Thursday Jun 05, 2025

Today on Write Spot!

2025 University of Otago City of Literature PhD Scholarship Recipient, Pascale Grard

Posted: Wednesday Jun 04, 2025

Congratulations to the NFFD 2025 Longlisted

Watch for the short list coming soon!

Posted: Wednesday Jun 04, 2025

Calling young writers aged 18-35!

Expressions of Interest to Participate - Applications close: Sunday 29 June 2025

Posted: Tuesday Jun 03, 2025

Dunedin Dream Brokerage is looking to employ a part time broker

Please email your CV and Cover Letter to applyddb@gmail.com by Monday 9th of June, 2025.

Posted: Tuesday Jun 03, 2025

Poetry book published - Dreams captured

A new collection of poems and pictures brings together local volunteers and artists.

Posted: Friday May 30, 2025

2025 Caselberg Trust International Poetry Competition

Entries open this Sunday 1 June and close on Monday 30 June 2025.

Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025

Applications for the 2025 CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants are now open

Applications close at 4pm on Friday 7 June

Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025

Tagata Moana Artist Residency at ONEONESIX

Applications are open until the 24th of June.

Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025

Celebrating Everest Day with OAR FM's Ajax Banstola

On the 29th of May 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay completed the first ascent of Mount Everest.

Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025

Emma Neale’s Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (OUP) to feature at Bendigo Writers Festival

We’re thrilled that Emma Neale’s Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (Otago University Press) has been selected for the ‘Cities of Li...

Posted: Thursday May 29, 2025

The Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize 2025 now open

Entries close Thursday 24 July 2025

Posted: Wednesday May 28, 2025

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement

Make a nomination by 1:00 PM, 26 June 2025

Posted: Wednesday May 28, 2025

Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence 2025

Applications close 31 May 2025 - The Residency will run in the second half of the year.

Posted: Wednesday May 28, 2025

Forgotten items fuel for win

A Katy Perry perfume, mealworms and some confetti from a gender reveal party proved to be all the inspiration a Dunedin ...

Posted: Wednesday May 28, 2025

Writing from the Heart - How to write for children by Joy Cowley

Back in Print and Available Now! Unlock your potential with Joy Cowley's 'Writing from the Heart: How to Write for Child...

Posted: Tuesday May 27, 2025

Apply for the Theatre Makers Award

Submissions close annually on 1 June.

Posted: Monday May 26, 2025

Meet your new favourite New Zealand author - Laurence Fearnley!

Laurence Fearnley is a short story writer, novelist and curator. She was recently shortlisted for the 2025 Ockham Book A...

Posted: Monday May 26, 2025

Entries to the 2025 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open!

Entries close on Friday 30 May 2025.

Posted: Thursday May 22, 2025

Today on Write Spot - Writing for Wellness

WellSouth Health Improvement Practitioner Sarah Redfearn previews a collaboration between WellSouth and Dunedin City of ...

Posted: Wednesday May 21, 2025

Intersections, Transformation and Trees

Artist Tansy Lee Moir and the poetic film-making of Steve Smart

Posted: Tuesday May 20, 2025

Apply now for the NZSA CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment Programme

Applications for the 2025 programme are accepted until 28 May 2025

Posted: Monday May 19, 2025

Enter the 2025 NZPS International Poetry Competition

Entries close midnight Aotearoa New Zealand time on May 31, 2025

Posted: Monday May 19, 2025

Call for Applications - University of Exeter Special Collections Ronald Duncan Stipend

Eligible to a writer from Dunedin! Applications close Sunday 15 June 2025

Posted: Friday May 16, 2025

Apply for the NZ Young Writers Fest 2025 Writer in Residence

Applications close: Friday 30 May 2025

Posted: Friday May 16, 2025

Nanjing City of Literature are accepting submissions for their 2025 Residency

Applications close Sunday 1 June 2025

Posted: Friday May 16, 2025

Dunedin set to welcome Durban poet for the 2025 Caselberg Trust Margaret Egan Cities of Literature Writers Residency

Warmest congratulations to Sihle Ntuli, poet, editor and classicist from Durban UNESCO City of Literature!

Posted: Friday May 16, 2025

Emma Neale, winner of the Ockhams 2025 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry!

Massive heartfelt congratulations to our very own Emma Neale for winning the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry for '...

Posted: Thursday May 15, 2025