Three
lucky secondary school students are being given the opportunity to work with
three of New Zealand
The NZSA Youth Mentoring Programme is offered
annually to three secondary school students (15-18) nationally and the
mentorships are hotly contested.
One of the 2012 recipients was Ashlee-Ann Sneller
of Kaitaia who devoted her time with poet Siobhan Harvey to a poetry
collection. She says the mentorship was an amazing experience and helped her
secure an English scholarship for Auckland University, not to mention a page
dedicated to her writing in her school year book.
“The mentorship
helped me to see myself as an 'real' writer and gave me the confidence to show
my work to the public. Before the programme, I THOUGHT I was a writer. Now I
know I AM a writer.”
The intent of the programme is to foster and develop emerging writing
talent with the support of established authors. The NZSA has run a highly successful mentoring programme for writers since 1999 and it
is sponsored by Creative New Zealand.
For further
information: http://www.authors.org.nz/webfiles/NZSocietyofAuthors/files/Programme_information_Youth_Mentor_2013.pdf
Forms are available
on the website: http://www.authors.org.nz
Or email: programmes@nzauthors.org.nz
National
Office: PO Box 7701, Wellesley Street , Auckland
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