Landfall Essay Competition
By Otago University Press | Posted:
Landfall Essay Competition entry deadline is rapidly approaching – 31 July 2015. The competition aims to support vivid, contentious, creative essay writing.
If you have a half-finished, almost-there piece it’s time to sharpen the pencil.
The winner receives $3000 and a year’s subscription to Landfall.
About the competition
In 1997, Landfall celebrated its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion, then editor Chris Price launched the Landfall essay competition, sponsored by Otago University Press. From 2009, the competition has been an annual award.
The purpose of the competition remains as it was at the outset: to encourage New Zealand writers to think aloud about New Zealand culture, and to revive and sustain the tradition of vivid, contentious and creative essay writing in this country – as embodied in the non-fiction of early Landfall contributors such as Bill Pearson, in the essays of past winners of this competition, and in the essays the journal continues to publish.
Entries for the next Landfall Essay Competition (2015) will be accepted from 1 January 2015. The closing date for receipt of entries is 5 pm 31 July 2015. The winning entry/ies will be published in the November 2015 issue of Landfall.