21/11/2013 -
Research opportunity for writers is only 3 weeks
away! The Auckland Museum
and New Zealand Society of Authors are offering three RESEARCH grants in 2014
to assist writers wishing to undertake research for a writing project.
The grants create an opportunity for three writers
to utilise the considerable facilities and resources of the Auckland Museum
Library in the development of their fiction or non-fiction manuscript. They comprise one national grant of
$3500 (supplemented by an optional
4 weeks of accommodation in Auckland at the
Michael King Writers Centre) and two
regional grants of $1500 for two Auckland
writers.
In 2013 the recipient
of the National Research Grant was Whiti Hereaka - a Wellington playwright, novelist, screenwriter
and barrister who has been researching for her literary novel Kurangaituku/Bird
Woman. While the two local (Auckland)
grants of $1500 were awarded to historical biographer and non-fiction writer
Diana Harris and historian/writer Angela Lassig.
Application Deadline: 16th December.
The grants were offered for the first time in 2012
in recognition of the value of the Museum to fiction and non-fiction
writers. The Library holds one
of New Zealand ’s
major research collections and the breadth and depth of the historical record
is well suited to writers’ research. The
Library is available for use by the general public, in addition to academics
and researchers.
For application forms, terms and conditions please
visit www.authors.org.nz or email office@nzauthors.org.nz
For further information: National Office: PO Box 7701, Wellesley Street , Auckland
1141
Tel: (09) 379
4801 Fax: (09) 379 4802 Email: director@nzauthors.org.nz
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