Sunday, March 17, 2013

2013 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Awards open for applications





The Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Awards, in association with the NZ Society of Authors, are now open for applications. The awards aim to recognise excellence in authorship for literature in the mind, body and spirit, or ‘new-age’ genre.

Two awards are offered. An award of $10,000 will be given to the winning author of the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Unpublished Manuscript, and another award of $10,000 will be awarded to the winner of the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award.

The deadline for unpublished manuscripts is 31 March 2013, and should be between 20,000 and 100,000 words in length.

The deadline for the published book award is 31 May 2013. To be eligible books must have been published between 1 April 2012 and 31st March 2013.

For submission forms, conditions and details of eligibility criteria visit www.authors.org.nz or email office@nzauthors.org.nz or call (09) 379 4801

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