2026 CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants

By New Zealand Society of Authors | Posted: Tuesday Jun 02, 2026

Have you been wondering if the Copyright Licensing NZ | NZSA Research Grant might be for you? Here's 2025 recipient Rosetta Allan's story:

Rosetta received a 2025 CLNZ | NZSA Research Grant for a new novel, The Good Uncle. She says the grant helped give her space to properly sit with the world of the novel and deepen the research behind it.

“It allowed me to engage more directly with the systems surrounding addiction, including courts, remand, rehabilitation, and community responses, as well as spend time on place-based research and conversations with people connected to that world,” Allan says.

Because of this, she says the characters and the emotional truth of the story has been shaped in a much more grounded way.

“It also gave me the time to structure the novel clearly, chapter by chapter, so I’m now writing from a far more confident and assured place.”

Learn more about the grants here: Applications open for cash grants to support NZ writers | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa