Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards—Aotearoa New Zealand's first juried speculative fiction awards—are currently open to entries!

We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories:

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Heartiest congratulations to Ruby Excel from Ghana !

'Lyrics to the Colour Red' is about the passionate struggle for liberation and revolution, in love and country.

Warm wishes to Ruby and the next stage of the journey to publication!

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Freelance is a story about the human cost of corruption and unchecked power, and the struggle for justice in a complex political landscape.

Huge congratulations to winner and runners-up!

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This year’s winner and two runners-up will be announced on Monday 15 th July, and we will be approaching agents and publishers with the winning novels. We would love to hear from anyone who might be interested.

Both previous winners and several runners-up have been published subsequently in the UK, their own countries, and elsewhere in Africa.

For more information email Robert Peett at [email protected]

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Three prizes, three authors, three judges....

News coming soon... watch this space!

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And we have a shortlist!

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Today is National Encourage A Young Author Day!

Do you know a young storyteller? Give them some tools and validation! Give them a special notebook or journal (pro tip: tell them they’re actually allowed to write in it, even though real writers simply horde them). Promote a love of reading, because reading a variety of material hones their writerly instincts.

I still remember a number of people from my childhood that encouraged my writing. I won first place in my entire school district during fifth grade and placed second in the district in third grade. Teachers always gave me space to write freely. A guidance counselor in high school promised she’d look for my name in print someday. Mom instilled a love of reading (and we still chat about our latest reads today). Who knows where I’d be today if I hadn’t had so many supporters along the way?

In case you can’t read the tiny print in my pic, here it is: “Outstanding Student Author Recognition Program, District Winner - First Place”

“We wish to present this certificate for excellence in developing a plot line, language usage, style and proper mechanics while producing a book for this program. We hope that this is only the first of many such excellent endeavors to be crafted by this aspiring young author. Presented this sixteenth day of May, 1995.”

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