Media Release
01 March 2013
-Ashton Wylie
Charitable Trust Unpublished Manuscript and
Book Awards 2013-
New Zealand writers with a special interest in
the mind, body, spirit genre are encouraged to enter their work into the 2013
Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Literature Awards.
The Awards recognise both budding and published
writers by offering two of the largest prizes awarded for literature in New
Zealand.
The Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust, in
association with The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc.) (NZSA) will
present two prizes of $10,000 each to the winning unpublished manuscript and
published book authors.
Adonia Wylie, spokesperson for the Ashton Wylie
Charitable Trust, is encouraging writers from all over the country to enter the
Awards.
“The Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Literature
Awards recognise some of the best literary talent in New Zealand and we would
encourage writers to submit their work whether they are a burgeoning writer or
an established author.”
Ms. Wylie says the Trust’s founder, Ashton
Wylie, was an Auckland businessman and philanthropist with a passion for
spiritual awareness and promoting loving relationships.
“The Awards are a continuation of The Ashton
Wylie Charitable Trust’s dedication to education in the mind, body, spirit
field. We are looking for written works which will educate, enlighten, engage
and uplift the reader.”
Last year Alan Dawe of Pakuranga
won the $10,000 award in the Book category for his work The God Franchise, A
Theory of Everything and Lower Hutt resident Lionel Sharman won the $10,000
award in the Unpublished Manuscript category for his work entitled Science
for Vicars.
Maggie Tarver, Chief Executive Officer, The New
Zealand Society of Authors, says that the category of mind, body, spirit
literature continues to gain momentum in New Zealand.
“Last year we received 115 entries into the
Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Literature Awards, which indicates a strong
number of New Zealand writers are exploring the mind, body, spirit field.”
To be eligible for the awards, writers must be
New Zealand citizens residing in the country. Unpublished manuscripts must be
submitted by 31 March 2013, and be between 20,000 and 100,000 words in length.
Published books must be submitted by 31 May 2013, should be 48 pages or longer
and must have been published between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.
The Awards will be presented in a ceremony at
the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust’s own venue, Hopetoun Alpha in Auckland on 16
August 2013.
Submission forms and entry details are
available from www.authors.org.nz or
The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc.) national office, phone: 09 379
4801, e-mail: office@nzauthors.org.nz
or post: PO Box 7701, Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141.
2 comments:
I've read this, and the NZSA site, and am 'blessed' if I can figure out what 'literature in the mind, body and spirit, or ‘new-age’ genre' is.
Anyone?
I've got a first draft manuscript of a protagonist with a mind and body, plus who drinks lots of spirits, but what would make him new age?
Really, what is it?
Oh, hang on, must 'uplift' the reader.
That's me out. Back to plan A.
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