A new and valuable grant seeks to recognise and
celebrate the contribution of a mid career writer to NZ literature.
CE Maggie Tarver says that in
an increasingly youth oriented arts funding environment it is the NZSA’s
intention and duty to remember the many talented writers in NZ who just fall
somewhere between emerging and esteemed.
“We think it’s important to provide a grant that
celebrates, and is accessible to, writers midway through their career. Particularly those who have made solid
progress but perhaps haven’t received the recognition they deserve.”
The grant is worth $6000 and is open to writers of
fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, short fiction collections (self
published work included) and plays. It is intended that the grant be used by
the recipient to assist the progress of an existing project.
For the purposes of this contestable grant, a mid-career writer is
defined as being one who - is
over 35 years of age, has published/had produced a minimum of 3 books or
projects, has been actively writing, publishing/producing for a minimum of 5
years and had made a significant
contribution to NZ literature. The
applicant must also be a full member of the NZSA.
The grant opens for applications on 29 June 2012. The deadline for applications is 31st
August 2012.
Application form and terms & conditions are available to download
from our website www.authors.org.nz or can be requested by emailing office@nzauthors.org.nz
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