Signals 2016
The
Michael King Writers’ Centre launched the fifth issue of Signals, its
literary journal for young writers, on Saturday 10 December at the National
Library in Parnell.
The
journal features the work of senior secondary students who took part in this
year’s Young Writers Programme, as well as its alumni. Over 190 pieces were
submitted to the editors.
Winners
of the $200 Chris Cole Catley Awards for the year were:
Poetry
Theresa Boyd
(Mt Albert Grammar
School)
Prose
Joanna Li
(Diocesan School for Girls)The 2016 Programme attracted more than 130 senior students, representing schools from all over Auckland.
Leading
writers contributed to workshops and master classes in collaboration with
tutors Ros Ali and Jo Emeney. Guests included Elizabeth Morton, Stephanie
Johnson, Chris Tse, Serie Barford, Dylan Horrocks, Briar Grace-Smith, Paula
Morris and Selina Tusitala Marsh.
Copies
of Signals will be distributed to Auckland secondary schools
and libraries. The journal will be available from the Michael King Writers’
Centre and selected bookshops.
The Young
Writers Programme thanks Creative New Zealand for its support. Signals
is published thanks to a grant from the Joyce Fisher Charitable Trust.
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